[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2022, published 2025-06-24

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2022 to support a more recent
version of the benchmark

*Security Benchmark:*
CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Benchmark, V1.2.0

*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2022, site version 8
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

●      Total New Fixlets: 0

●      Total Updated Fixlets:5

●      Total Deleted Fixlets: 0

●      Total Fixlets in Site: 44



●      *Updated:*



o   3.5 Ensure the SQL Server’s MSSQL Service Account is Not an
Administrator

o   3.13 Ensure membership in admin roles in MSDB database is limited

o   5.1 Ensure 'Maximum number of error log files' is set to greater than
or equal to '12'

o   7.3 Ensure Database Backups are Encrypted

o   7.4 Ensure Network Encryption is Configured and Enabled



●      Applicable for MS windows server 2025.

●      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 10 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.hcl-software.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

●       BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/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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