[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for AIX 7.x with bugfix, published 2026-02-12

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated CIS Checklist for AIX 7.x with bug fixes

*Security Benchmark:*
CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark, v1.1.0

*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for AIX 7.x, site version 7
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

·       Total Updated Fixlets: 7

·       Total Fixlets in Site: 216

*·       **cis-4.1.1.1 – Moved to the Environment Setup task for improved
validation handling.*

*·       **cis-4.1.2.1, cis-4.1.2.3 – Updated the audit logic to ensure
accurate validation.*

*·       **cis-4.6.3.12 – Corrected parameter handling to ensure consistent
and reliable input processing during execution.*

*·       **cis-4.2.1, cis-4.6.4.2 – Enhanced audit logic to include
verification of the enabled state of the sendmail service.*

·       *cis-4.2.8 – Enhanced audit logic to include verification of the
enabled state of the snmpd service.* 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.



*Note:* Additionally, as the site version has been upgraded, the prefetch
blocks of the checks that include remediation have been updated. As a
result, you may observe approximately 162 checks appearing as out of sync.

*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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