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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >IBM BigFix Compliance </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 7</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Category:</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Updated SCM checklist</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Published Benchmark version:</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 7</span></span></strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >, <strong>V1, R28</strong></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Details:</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >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 7, V1, R28.  </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >This checklist contains a number of checks to evaluate the security configurations of your Windows 7 endpoints based on the STIG.  Both analysis and and remediation checks are included<em>.</em></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >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></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Published Site:</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 7</span></span></strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >, site version <strong>26</strong></span></span></div>
<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><em><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >*The site version is provided for air-gap customers.</span></span></em></div>
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<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Actions to Take:</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >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></div>
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<div><strong><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >More information: </span></span></span></strong><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see</span></span></span></div>
<ul>        <li style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >IBM Developer Works:</span></span></li></ul>
<div style="background:white;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en%22%20%5Cl%20%22!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank" target="_blank" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></span></a></div>
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<ul>        <li style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >SCM Checklist Deployment:</span></span></li></ul>
<div style="background:white;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en%22%20%5Cl%20%22!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklist%20Deployment%20Best%20Practices" target="_blank" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklist%20Deployment%20Best%20Practices</span></span></a></div>
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<ul>        <li style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >IBM Blog for Checklist Release Announcement:</span></span></li></ul>
<div style="background:white;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/community/updates?communityUuid=a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910&filter=all" target="_blank" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/community/updates?communityUuid=a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910&filter=all</span></span></a></div>
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<ul>        <li style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Bigfix forums:</span></span></li></ul>
<div style="background:white;" ><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/" target="_blank" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >https://forum.bigfix.com/</span></span></a></div> <br><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</span></span></span></span><br><em><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" > -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</span></span></span></span></em><br> <br><br> </div></div><BR>