[BESAdmin-Announcements] IBM BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Ubuntu 16 published 2018-04-10

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Product:
IBM BigFix Compliance


Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Ubuntu 16 to enhance the filesystem scan script,
fix the remediation and compliance logic


Security Benchmark:
CIS Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS Benchmark, v1.0.0


Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server, site version 6
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)


Details:
   ·	Optimized filesystem scan script, less space needed for the
      fileresults.db and temporary files

   ·	The task will now verify there is enough storage on endpoint before
      building the database
   ·
      xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.2.9_Ensure_users_own_their_home_directories :
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
   ·
      xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.10_Ensure_no_world_writable_files_exist :
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
   ·
      xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.11_Ensure_no_unowned_files_or_directories_exist :
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
   ·
      xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.12_Ensure_no_ungrouped_files_or_directories_exist :
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet


Actions to take:
   ·	To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview
      Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be
      entitled to the BigFix Compliance product and you must be using IBM
      BigFix version 9.2 and later.

   ·	If you use custom sites, update your custom sites accordingly to use
      the latest content. You can synchronize your content by using the
      Synchronize Custom Checks wizard. For more information, see
      https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt.


More information:
To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see

   ·	IBM Developer Works:
      https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists




   ·	IBM BigFix Blog:
      https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en



   ·	IBM BigFix Forum:
      https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance


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


-- The IBM BigFix Compliance team
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