[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on: Refresh PCI DSS Checklist for MS SQL 2019 (PCI v4.0), published 2025-09-18

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*

BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on


*Title: *PCI DSS Checklist for MS SQL 2019 (PCI v4.0)


*Category: *PCI DSS Checklist


*Security Benchmark: *Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v4.0.1


*Published Sites: *PCI DSS Checklist for MS SQL 2019 (PCI v4.0), site
version 2.
PCI DSS Reporting, version 28.
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)



*Details:*

·       Total Fixlets in the site: 74

·       Total Requirements covered: 8

·       Total Milestones covered: 4

·        *Enhanced Compliance Coverage:* This update strengthens our
existing content to help you stay aligned with the latest guidance provided
by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
v4.0.1requirements.

·        *Improved Security:* Includes enhanced security controls for
better protection.

·        *Support for Always on Availability Groups (AAG):* Ensures
compatibility with SQL Server AAG configurations.

·        *Failover Cluster Support:* Fully applicable to SQL failover
cluster environments.

●       *Custom Checks Wizard Support*: The Synchronize Custom Checks
wizard is now supported.

●       The following PCI DSS Policies are refreshed with the latest
content from PCI DSS Checklist for MS SQL 2019 (PCI v4.0) site:

○       PCI DSS Checklists

○       PCI DSS Milestones View

○       PCI DSS Requirements View





*Actions to take:*

●       Use the License Overview dashboard from the BES Support site to
enable and gather the said site. Note that you must be entitled to the new
content, and you are using BigFix version 10.0 and later.

●       If this is your first time using the PCI DSS Checklist for MS SQL
2019 (PCI v4.0), please create a custom site to display the MS SQL 2019
results in the PCI DSS Policy Reports.

●       For Existing Users: Please follow the steps below to update your
setup:

○       Remove the Environment Setup Task and omit requirement Fixlets from
your custom site.

○       Synchronize your checklist with the external site using the
Synchronize Custom Checks Wizard.

○       Once synchronization is complete, create a custom copy of the
Environment Setup Task from the external site and add it to your custom
site.

●       If you were involved in the Beta / Early Access Program for BigFix
Compliance PCI Add-on, unsubscribe from the beta sites to avoid any
conflicting issues with the production sites. If you do not unsubscribe
from beta sites, the content in the production sites will fail.




*More information: * To know more about the BigFix Compliance PCI DSS
checklists, please see the following resources:

●       BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/pci-add-on

●       BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
<https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists>
https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists

●       BigFix PCI Add-on User’s Guide:
*https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/pci.html
<https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/pci.html>*

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

*– The BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on team*
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