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<p><font size="4" color="#4F4F4F" face="Calibri"><b>IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance </b></font><br>
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<font size="4" color="#4F4F4F" face="Calibri"><b>Security Configuration Management (SCM)</b></font><br>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">The Security and Compliance team at IBM has updated the content in the following sites. See details below:</font><br>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><b><u>Updated Sites:<br>
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<ul style="padding-left: 5pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 DC</font></ul>
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<ul style="padding-left: 5pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 MS</font></ul>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><b>Changelist:</b></font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">The following fixlets have been modified to improve remediation actions for these checklist rules:</font>
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<ul style="padding-left: 18pt"><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 DC</font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">:</font>
<ul style="padding-left: 36pt"><font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_1.2.1 ( Fixlet ID = 86052 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_1.2.3 ( Fixlet ID = 85550 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_2.3.1.4 ( Fixlet ID = 86034 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_2.3.1.5 ( Fixlet ID = 85614 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_18.7.17.2 ( Fixlet ID = 85748 )</font>
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<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 MS</font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">:</font>
<ul style="padding-left: 36pt"><font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_1.2.1 ( Fixlet ID = 86627 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_1.2.3 ( Fixlet ID = 86865)</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_2.3.1.4 ( Fixlet ID = 86388 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_2.3.1.5 ( Fixlet ID = 86797 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_2.3.11.5 ( Fixlet ID = 86715 )</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri">rule_18.7.17.2 ( Fixlet ID = 86349 )</font><br>
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<font size="3" color="#2F2F2F" face="Calibri"><b>*Site versions provided for air-gap customers.</b></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> -- The IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance</i></font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><br>
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