<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt" ><div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F4F4F" >IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance <span style="mso-tab-count:
1" > </span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F4F4F" >Security Configuration Management (SCM)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" > </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" >The Security and Compliance team at IBM has updated the content in the following CIS and DISA checklists, without any change to their benchmark versions. See details below: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" >Updated Sites:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><br><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >CIS Checklist for Internet Explorer 10, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 4 </b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >CIS Checklist for Windows 7, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 8</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" > <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >CIS Checklist for Windows 8.1, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 4</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >CIS Checklist for Windows 10, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 4</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >DISA STIG Checklist for Internet Explorer 10 RG03, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 5</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2008 DC, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 21</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2008 MS, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 21<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2012 DC, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 7</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 2012 MS, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >site version<b> 8</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" >Changelist:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" >Enhancement to HKU checks to cover the use case when there are no logged-on users<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F" >*Site versions provided for air-gap customers. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" ><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" > </span>-- The IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance</span></i><br style="mso-special-character:line-break" ><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character:line-break" ><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><BR>