[BESAdmin-Announcements] IBM BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2012 published 2018-05-09

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Product:
IBM BigFix Compliance


Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2012 to support a more recent
version of benchmark


Security Benchmark:
CIS MS SQL Server 2012 Benchmark, V 1.4.0


Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2012, site version 5
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)


Details:

      ·	The checklist now supports following Operating systems:


            o	Windows Server 2008 SP2


            o	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1


            o	Windows Server 2012


            o	Windows Server 2012 R2





      ·	Both analysis and remediation checks are included.


      ·	Some of the checks allow you to use the parameterized setting to
         enable customization for compliance evaluation. Note that
         parameterization and remediation actions require the creation of a
         custom site.



      ·	Updated Applicability Fixlet to ensure freshness of the compliance
         data. The Checklist will be reported as “Not Applicable” in the
         SCA reports, if Environment Setup Task is not executed for 90
         days.


      ·	Updated “Environment Setup Task” to not to use action parameters.



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 the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the
following resources:

      ·	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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