<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none;" ><strong><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >Product:</span></span></strong><br><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >IBM BigFix Compliance<br> <br><strong>Title: </strong><br>Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) CIS Checklist for Windows 2008<br> <br><strong>Security Benchmark:</strong></span></span><br><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (non-R2) Benchmark, V3.0.0<br> <br><strong>Published Sites:</strong></span></span><br><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 DC RG03, site version 3</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 MS RG03, site version 3</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none;" ><em><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span></span></em><br><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" > <br><strong>Actions to take:</strong></span></span></div>
<ul> <li style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;" ><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >If you are already subscribed to this site, no action is needed.</span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:#2f2f2f;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >To subscribe to the above sites, you can use the License Overview Dashboard to enable and gather the sites. 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="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" > <br><strong>Details:</strong></span></span></div>
<ul> <li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none;" ><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >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>
<div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none;" ><br><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see</span></span></div>
<ul> <li style="line-height:normal;background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >IBM Developer Works: </span></span></span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#%21/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists" 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></li></ul>
<ul> <li style="line-height:normal;background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >IBM Blog for Checklist Release Announcement: </span></span></span><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></li></ul>
<ul> <li style="line-height:normal;background:white;" ><span style="background:white;" ><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,serif;" ><span style="font-size:10.5pt;" >Bigfix forums: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank" target="_blank" ><span style="color:#dca10d;" ><span style="font-family:Helvetica;" >https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></span></a></li></ul>
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<div><br><span style="color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!<br> <br><em> -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</em></span></span></div></div></div><BR>