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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#4f4f4f">IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance </font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#4f4f4f">Security Configuration Management (SCM)</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">The
Security and Compliance team at IBM has updated the content in DISA Windows 2008
R2. See details below:</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">Updated
Sites:<br></font></span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2008 R2 DC </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">= site
version<b> 18</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">DISA STIG
Checklist for Windows 2008 R2 MS </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">= site version<b> 19</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">Changelist:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">The DISA content was refreshed to DISA version 1 release
17.</font></span></p>
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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">*Site
versions provided for air-gap customers.</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">We hope
you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>-- The IBM
Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance</span></i><span style="font-size:
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