[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated DISA STIG Checklist for MSSQL Server 2014 published 2024-08-13

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance



*Title:*
Updated DISA STIG Checklist for MS SQL Server 2014



*Security Benchmark:*

U_MS_SQL_Server_2014_Y22M10_STIG, DatabaseV1R6,Instance V2R3

*Published Sites:*
DISA STIG Checklist for MS SQL Server 2014 , site version 4
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

·       Remediation Support added.

·       Fixed and Improved implementation for the checks to avoid failure
when any databases are offline or any special characters in database name.

·       Added feature to run Environmental Setup Task and Remediation with
a Custom Windows Login in SQL Server.

·       Fixed all the checks to work with the SQL Server instances running
on non-default port.

   - The code has been optimized to improve performance and efficiency.
   - 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.

*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 9.5 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  BigFix
   Compliance (hcltechsw.com)
   <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/index.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
   <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=05%7C01%7Csaidinesh.ck%40hcl.com%7C5eaa0fe7f9a8429037af08da5434d4cc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637914883135877412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ro6Wm7SQxl97xa6jZT42%2BYyMzvS5wnMjxtsHdy0UR%2BQ%3D&reserved=0>
   - BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:

   https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists
   <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Denus%23!%2Fwiki%2FBigFix%2520Wiki%2Fpage%2FSCM%2520Checklists&data=05%7C01%7Csaidinesh.ck%40hcl.com%7C5eaa0fe7f9a8429037af08da5434d4cc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637914883135877412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tFmeo1o19iK74IdmVwZBvh66CWQE1XeDCtcluA3cyZ0%3D&reserved=0>



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

* -- The BigFix Compliance team*
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