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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Updated SCM checklist</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Published Benchmark version:</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" ><strong>DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 8</strong>, <strong>V1, R13</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Details:</span></span></span></strong></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >IBM is pleased to announce the availability of an updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) checklist for IBM BigFix Compliance.  The checklist is based on DISA STIG for Windows 8, V1, R13.  </span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >This checklist contains a number of checks to evaluate the security configurations of your Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 endpoints based on the STIG.  Both analysis and and remediation checks are included<em>.</em></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Some of the checks allow you to use the parameterized setting to enable customization for compliance evaluation. Note that parameterization and remediation actions require the creation of a custom site.  </span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Published Site:</span></span></span></strong><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" ><strong>DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 8</strong>, site version <strong>4</strong><br><em>*The site version is provided for air-gap customers.</em></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Actions to Take:</span></span></span></strong></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >If you have not subscribed to the site above, you can use the License Overview dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be entitled to the new content and you are using IBM BigFix version 9.0 and later. </span></span></span></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" ><strong>More information:</strong><br>To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, see:</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >IBM Developer Works:</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" > </span></span></span></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists" target="_blank" ><span style="color:#4178BE;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;" ><strong><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >SCM Checklist Deployment: </span></span></span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;" ><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklist%20Deployment%20Best%20Practices" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklist%20Deployment%20Best%20Practices</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >IBM Blog for Checklist Release Announcement: </span></span></span></strong></div>
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<div><strong><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >Bigfix forums:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" > https://forum.bigfix.com/</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><em><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue;" ><span style="font-size:16.0pt;" > -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</span></span></span></em></div></div></div></div><BR>