[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for MacOS 15, published 2026-08-12

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated CIS Checklist for MacOS 15 to support a more recent version of the
benchmark

*Security Benchmark:*
CIS Apple MacOS 15 Sequoia Benchmark, v2.1.0

*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for MacOS 15, site version 8
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

●      Total New Fixlets: 0

●      Total Updated Fixlets:6

●      Total Deleted Fixlets: 0

●      Total Fixlets in Site: 106



*Updated Fixlets*
*: *CIS-2.7.1 – Ensure Screen Saver Corners Are Secure
CIS-2.10.1.2 – Ensure Sleep and Display Sleep Is Enabled on Apple Silicon
Devices
CIS-3.5 – Ensure Access to Audit Records Is Controlled
CIS-5.1.6 – Ensure No World Writable Folders Exist in the System Folder
CIS-5.1.7 – Ensure No World Writable Folders Exist in the Library Folder
CIS-5.6 – Ensure the root Account Is Disabled



·       The Environment Setup task has been updated to use atomic result
refreshes, ensuring existing results remain available until new results are
generated. Results now also include a collection of timestamps.

·       The Applicability Fixlet has been updated to include additional
validation. It now verifies that the Environment Setup Task log file
exists, is not older than 90 days, and that the required result files are
present. This ensures that Fixlets are reported as *Not Applicable* when
the Environment Setup Task has not been executed, and that the Measured
Value (MV) correctly reflects this condition.

·       In addition, we have updated the relevance of the individual
Fixlets to align with these enhanced validation checks.

·       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 11 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://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/scm-checklists/86

We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective.
Thank you!
*– The BigFix Compliance team*
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