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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >IBM BigFix Compliance </span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >New Security Configuration Management (SCM) </span></span></span><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >CIS Checklist for Windows 2012</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Category:</span></span></span></strong></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >New 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,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Security Benchmark:</span></span></span></strong></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >CIS Windows 2012 Benchmark,</span></span></span><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" > V2.0.0</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Details:</span></span></span></strong></div>
<ul> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >IBM is pleased to announce the availability of a new Security Configuration Management (SCM) checklist for IBM BigFix Compliance. The checklist is based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmark for </span></span><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Windows 2012</span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >, V2.0.0. </span></span></li> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >This checklist contains a number of checks to evaluate the security configurations of your </span></span><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Windows 2012 </span></span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >endpoints based on the CIS Benchmark. Both analysis and remediation checks are included<em>.</em></span></span></li> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >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></li></ul>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Published Sites:</span></span></span></strong></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 DC</span></span></span><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >, site version 2</span></span></span></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 MS</span></span></span><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >, site version 2</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><em><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >*The site version is provided for air-gap customers.</span></span></span></em></div>
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<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Actions to Take:</span></span></span></strong></div>
<ul> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be entitled to the BigiFix Compliance product and you must be using IBM BigFix version 9.2 and later. </span></span></li></ul>
<div style="background:white;" ><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >More information: </span></span></span></strong></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see</span></span></span></div>
<ul> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >IBM Developer Works: </span></span><span style="color:windowtext;" ><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:#4178be;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></span></span></a></span></li></ul>
<ul> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >SCM Checklist Deployment: </span></span><span style="color:windowtext;" ><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:#4178be;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklist%20Deployment%20Best%20Practices</span></span></span></a></span></li></ul>
<ul> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >IBM Blog for Checklist Release Announcement: </span></span><span style="color:windowtext;" ><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:#4178be;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/community/updates?communityUuid=a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910&filter=all</span></span></span></a></span></li></ul>
<ul> <li style="color:#121212;background:white;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Bigfix forums: </span></span><span style="color:windowtext;" ><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/" target="_blank" ><span style="color:#4178be;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >https://forum.bigfix.com/</span></span></span></a></span></li></ul>
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<div style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</span></span></span></div>
<div style="background:white;" ><em><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" > -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</span></span></span></em></div>
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