<font size=2 face="Arial">Dear BESAdmin Community, </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">IBM is pleased to announce the availability
of the new security configuration management checklists for Tivoli Endpoint
Manager for Security and Compliance. The new checklists based on guidance
provided by USGCB are:</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b><u>**New USGCB Checklists**:</u></b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>USGCB Checklist for Internet Explorer
7 --------- site version 3</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>USGCB Checklist for Windows Vista --------------
site version 2</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>USGCB Checklist for Windows Vista Firewall
-- site version 2</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>USGCB Checklist for Windows Vista Energy
--- site version 2</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>USGCB Checklist for Windows XP ------------------
site version 2</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>USGCB Checklist for Windows XP Firewall
------ site version 2 </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">This content contains security configuration
checks that evaluate and, if desired, remediate the security settings of
your endpoints according the USGCB standards. As with most of the existing
SCM content in the Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance
library, most checks include a corresponding analysis property to report
actual values (not just pass/fail), and most checks have a parameterized
setting enabling simple customization for compliance evaluation and remediation.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">In addition to the new sites, the following
existing sites have been updated to be compatible with the new content
(site versions included for air-gap customers):</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>- BES Support v884</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>- SCM Reporting v35</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For a complete list of SCM Checklists included
in the product, please see:</font>
<br><a href=http://ibmurl.hursley.ibm.com/2DD2><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">http://ibmurl.hursley.ibm.com/2DD2</font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> Please contact IBM Tivoli Endpoint
Manager Technical Support if you have any questions regarding this update.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> We hope you find this latest release
of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b> -- The Tivoli Endpoint Manager
for Security and Compliance product team</b></font>
<br>