[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 with bug fixes, published 2025-04-18

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 with bug fixes.

*Security Benchmark:*
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Benchmark, v2.0.0

*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for RHEL 9, site version 9
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

●       Fixed and Improved implementation and added more remediation
support for the following check:

-         Ensure sshd MaxAuthTries is configured

-         Ensure sshd MaxSessions is configured

-         Ensure sshd MaxStartups 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 9.5 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
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/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
<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C2b59734ab3654b24a3df08da878aeeb2%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637971328022321782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CQa%2BUBoJrw0jslqt2bcCb2s8i%2FOKQVBNygBQO7Ng5Ww%3D&reserved=0>

●       BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists
<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Den-us%23!%2Fwiki%2FBigFix%2520Wiki%2Fpage%2FSCM%2520Checklists&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C2b59734ab3654b24a3df08da878aeeb2%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637971328022321782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=x%2B9t3rlKps7OzLv18SuNq2ijBJSn%2BmpePWGUUVPb6nU%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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