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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">IBM
Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance </span></b></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"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Title:
Security Configuration Management (SCM) releases new site for DISA STIG Checklist
for Mac OS X 10.8</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> <b>(Version 1, Release 2)</b></span></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">IBM is
pleased to announce the availability of a new security configuration management
checklist for IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance. The new
checklists based on guidance provided by Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA), is listed below.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;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><u><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">New Site:</span></u></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">DISA
Checklist for Mac OS X 10.8</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">= site
version<b> 1</b></span></p>
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text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">*Site versions
provided for air-gap customers.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">Actions
to take</font></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f"></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">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></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="#2f2f2f"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">If you are using
BES 8.0 or IBM Endpoint Manager 8.1 and higher, you are entitled to the
new content, you can use the License Overview dashboard to enable and
gather the sites. </span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="#2f2f2f"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: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 </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helv;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helv;color:black"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:tem@dk.ibm.com">tem@dk.ibm.com</a></span></u><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> for access to
the new mastheads.</span></font></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in;
text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><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 team</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f"></font></span></p>
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