[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2016 with bug fixes, published 2025-10-24

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated *DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2016* with bug fixes.

*Security Benchmark:*
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG SCAP Benchmark, V2R10.

*Published Sites:*
DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2016, site version 23.
(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: 218

●       *UPDATED*

o       The “Deny access to this computer from the network” user right on
member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged
domain accounts and local accounts on domain systems and from
unauthenticated access on all systems.

o       The "Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services" user right on
member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged
domain accounts and all local accounts on domain systems and from
unauthenticated access on all systems.

o       The "Deny log on locally" user right on member servers must be
configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on
domain systems and from unauthenticated access on all systems.

o       The "Deny log on as a batch job" user right on member servers must
be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on
domain systems and from unauthenticated access on all systems.

o       The "Deny log on as a service" user right on member servers must be
configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on
domain systems. No other groups or accounts must be assigned this right.

●       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.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*
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