[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 with bugfix , published 2026-04-22

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 with bugfix

*Security Benchmark:*
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Benchmark with bugfix, V4.0.0.

*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 MS, site version 23.
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

*Modified relevance for the checks below:*

●       (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (ScreenSaverGracePeriod) The time in seconds
before the screen saver grace period expires' is set to 'Enabled: 5 or
fewer seconds'




*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 DC, site version 23.
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

*Modified relevance for the checks below:*

●       (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (ScreenSaverGracePeriod) The time in seconds
before the screen saver grace period expires' is set to 'Enabled: 5 or
fewer seconds'





*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?hl=using%2Csynchronize%2Ccustom%2Cchecks%2Cwizard

*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%7C61ec2d6bab7045a6665a08da698269dc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637938306089268982%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lZlCjKlTnGZJa3%2Bj3qG%2BCnAoYrbdp3vJhKfbSIBzAk8%3D&reserved=0>

●       BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists
<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Den-us%23!%2Fwiki%2FBigFix%2520Wiki%2Fpage%2FSCM%2520Checklists&data=05%7C01%7CBigFix-Scrum-Earth%40hcl.com%7C61ec2d6bab7045a6665a08da698269dc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637938306089268982%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=85r4DuoxmRhQGtFLNdDeWVnEczSvEM%2BtlYxQcbAAdCU%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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