[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated DISA STIG Checklist for Windows Server 2019, published 2025-05-20

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated DISA STIG Checklist for Windows Server 2019

*Security Benchmark:*
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG SCAP Benchmark, V3R4

*Published Sites:*
DISA STIG Checklist for Windows Server 2019, site version 19
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)


*Details:*

●       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.

●       ‘Deploy and Run’ task has been implemented to validate compliance
for the following rules:

●       Windows Server 2019 must not allow anonymous SID/Name translation.

●       Windows Server 2019 must have the built-in Windows password
complexity policy enabled.

●       Windows Server 2019 reversible password encryption must be disabled.

Note: This task has to be run periodically.





*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.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%7CBigFix-Scrum-Earth%40hcl.com%7C850b19aead5a47f24eb308da841ed642%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637967565224681222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UYYRYb3SofshREYync5mCc2d5MUGb53t7OjOCBg%2BoJg%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%7CBigFix-Scrum-Earth%40hcl.com%7C850b19aead5a47f24eb308da841ed642%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637967565224681222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sJEji05sRie522iksNIya8RoKSDGBtgSCKlAzsF0N%2Fo%3D&reserved=0>

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

*– The BigFix Compliance team*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://bigmail.bigfix.com/pipermail/besadmin-announcements/attachments/20250521/348498d6/attachment.html>