[BESAdmin-Announcements] SCM Content UPDATE: DISA Unix Checklists

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance

Security Configuration Management (SCM)

The Security and Compliance team at IBM has updated the content in the
following sites. See details below:

Updated Sites:
                                                                     
     |                   Site Name                  |  Site Version  
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   1 |  SCM Checklist for DISA STIG on RHEL 5 -     |       10       
     |  RG03                                        |                
 ----+----------------------------------------------+--------------- 
   2 |  DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 5 - RG03       |       11       
 ----+----------------------------------------------+--------------- 
   3 |  SCM Checklist for DISA STIG on RHEL 6 -     |       6        
     |  RG03                                        |                
 ----+----------------------------------------------+--------------- 
   4 |  DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 6 - RG03       |       9        
 ----+----------------------------------------------+--------------- 
   5 |  DISA STIG Checklist for AIX 7.1             |       6        
                                                                     



*Site versions provided for air-gap customers.

Changelist:
   * Rows 1 and 2:
   Update to the following Fixlet for RHEL 5, to handle white space in
   gecos field and also use GID instead of UID field:
      STIG-ID: GEN000380

   * Rows 3 and 4:
   Update to the following Fixlets for RHEL 6 to:
   1) Check sysctl.conf only if sysctl output is noncompliant:
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000078
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000079
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000080
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000081
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000082
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000083
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000084
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000086
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000088
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000089
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000090
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000091
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000092
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000093
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000095
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000096
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000097
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000099

   2) Handle white space in gecos field and also use GID instead of UID
   field:
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000294

      3) Ignore white space before comments:
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000342
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000343
      STIG-ID: RHEL-06-000344

   * Row 5:
      For AIX7.1: Added parameterization to "Configure Filesystem Scan"
      Fixlet ( Fixlet ID: 445)

*Site versions provided for air-gap customers.

We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective.
Thank you!

  -- The IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance
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