<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear BESAdmin Community,</font>
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<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b><u>**NEW Release**<br>
</u></b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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 the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA – US DoD) are:</font>
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<b><u>In-line parameterization, requires TEM 8.1+ :<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 5 - RG03
v1</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- DISA STIG Checklist for Solaris 10
- RG03 v1</font>
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<b><u>Action Script based parameterization:</u></b><br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- SCM Checklist for DISA on RHEL 5 -
RG03 v1</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- SCM Checklist for DISA on Solaris
10 - RG03 v1</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* <b>Please
note:</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><u>The "RG03" suffix for the
site names represents release groups. We create new release groups when
the security checklists have changed significantly as to not override customers
with disruptive changes to their compliance checklists. <br>
</u>Site versions provided for air-gap customers.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For the “Action Script based” parameterization
model, each security control has a corresponding Fixlet Task that can be
used to alter the check’s parameters. <br>
For the “In-line” parameterization model, each security control contains
the parameterization settings in a form directly on the Fixlet Description
tab. The In-line model requires TEM 8.1 and later.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This content contains security configuration
checks that evaluate and, if desired, remediate the security settings of
your endpoints according the DISA 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>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b><u>ACTIONS TO TAKE</u></b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All customers that currently license
the Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance product, the BigFix
SCMv3 solution module, the BigFix SCVM solution pack, or the BigFix SLM+SCVM
solution bundle are entitled to the new content. If you are using BES 8.0
or Tivoli Endpoint Manager 8.1 and you are entitled to the new content,
you may use the License Overview dashboard to enable and gather the sites.
If you are running BES 7.x and you are currently licensed for Tivoli Endpoint
Manager for Security and Compliance, BigFix SCVM, BigFix SLM+SCVM, or BigFix
SCM v3, please contact ibmtemlicensing@lotus.com for access to the new
mastheads.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We hope you find this latest release
of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> -- The Tivoli Endpoint Manager
for Security and Compliance product team</font>