[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for MS IIS 10 Server, published 2020-09-18

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for MS IIS 10 Server with bug fixes.

Security Benchmark:
CIS Microsoft IIS 10 Benchmark , V1.1.1

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for MS IIS 10 Server , site version 4
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:
Fixed and improved implementation for the following checks:

  *   Ensure web content is on non-system partition
  *   Ensure 'host headers' are on all sites
  *   Ensure 'forms authentication' require SSL
  *   Ensure 'forms authentication' is set to use cookies
  *   Ensure 'cookie protection mode' is configured for forms authentication
  *   Ensure 'debug' is turned off
  *   Ensure custom error messages are not off
  *   Ensure IIS HTTP detailed errors are hidden from displaying remotely
  *   Ensure ASP.NET<http://asp.net/> stack tracing is not enabled
  *   Ensure 'MachineKey validation method - .Net 3.5' is configured
  *   Ensure global .NET trust level is configured
  *   Ensure 'maxAllowedContentLength' is configured
  *   Ensure 'maxURL request filter' is configured
  *   Ensure 'MaxQueryString request filter' is configured
  *   Ensure non-ASCII characters in URLs are not allowed
  *   Ensure Double-Encoded requests will be rejected
  *   Ensure 'HTTP Trace Method' is disabled
  *   Ensure DES Cipher Suites is Disabled
  *   Ensure TLS Cipher Suite ordering is Configured

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 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://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html

More information:
To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:

  *   BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance
  *   BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
https://bigfixwiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists

We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!
- The BigFix Compliance team

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