<font size=3 face="Calibri"><b>IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance
</b></font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Calibri"><b>Security Configuration Management (SCM)</b></font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri">IBM is pleased to announce
the availability of the new security configuration management checklists
for IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance. The new checklists
based on guidance provided by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA
– US DoD) are listed below.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Calibri"><b><u>New Sites (in-line parameterization
model):</u></b></font>
<br><font size=3 face="Calibri">DISA STIG Checklist for Internet Explorer
8 RG03: <b>site version 1</b></font>
<br><font size=3 face="Calibri">DISA STIG Checklist for Internet Explorer
9 RG03: <b>site version 1</b></font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri"><b>* Please note:</b></font>
<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri"><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.</u></font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri">Site versions provided for
air-gap customers.</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri">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>
<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri">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=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri"><b><u>ACTIONS TO TAKE</u></b></font>
<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f face="Calibri">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=3 face="Calibri">Please contact IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager
Technical Support if you have any questions regarding this release.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Calibri"><b>We hope you find this latest release
of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=3 face="Calibri"><i> -- The IBM Endpoint Manager for
Security and Compliance</i></font>