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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"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">The
Security and Compliance team at IBM has updated the content in CIS Windows 7.
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
Site:<br></font></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">CIS Checklist for Windows 7 =<b> site version 6</b></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#2f2f2f">The CIS checklist for Windows 7 content was refreshed to
CIS v2.1.0.</font></span></p>
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<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
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