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<p><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance </b></font><br>
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<font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>Title: Security Configuration Management (SCM) releases new sites for CIS 2008 Checklist Version 2.1</b></font><br>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">IBM is pleased to announce the availability of new security configuration management checklists for IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance. The new checklists are based on guidance provided by Center for Internet security (CIS). </font><br>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">The content for CIS Windows 2008 V2.1 is published in the following new sites:</font>
<ul style="padding-left: 18pt"><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 DC RG03</b></font><font size="3" face="Calibri"> site version 1 (supersedes the </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 DC site) </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 MS RG03 </b></font><font size="3" face="Calibri">site version</font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b> </b></font><font size="3" face="Calibri">1 (supersedes the </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 MS site)</font></ul>
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<font size="3" face="Calibri"><b><i>Highlights</i></b></font><br>
<font size="3" face="Calibri">The following new sites were created:</font>
<ul style="padding-left: 18pt"><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 DC RG03 </b></font><font size="3" face="Calibri">version </font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>1</b></font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 MS RG03 </b></font><font size="3" face="Calibri">version</font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b> 1</b></font></ul>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">*Site versions provided for air-gap customers.</font><br>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><b><i>Actions to take</i></b></font><br>
<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">All customers that are currently licensed for the IBM 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. </font>
<ul style="padding-left: 18pt"><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">If you are using BES 8.0 or IBM Endpoint Manager 8.1 and you are entitled to the new content, you can use the License Overview dashboard to enable and gather the sites. </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">If you are running BES 7.x and you are currently licensed for IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance, BigFix SCVM, BigFix SLM+SCVM, or BigFix SCM v3, contact </font><a href="mailto:ibmtemlicensing@lotus.com"><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><u>ibmtemlicensing@lotus.com</u></font></a><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"> for access to the new mastheads.</font></ul>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><b><i>Other links</i></b></font><br>
<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">For more information about this release, see the </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en"><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><u>SCM CIS Release Notes wiki page</u></font></a><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">.</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</b></font><br>
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<font size="3" face="Calibri"><i> </i></font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b><i> -- The IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance team</i></b></font></body></html>