<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" ><div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Product:</strong><br>IBM BigFix Compliance</p>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Title:</strong><br>Updated DISA STIG Checklist for AIX 7.1 with a few bug fix changes</p>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Security Benchmark:</strong><br>UNIX STIG Benchmark, V5, R1.25</p>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Published Site:</strong><br>DISA STIG Checklist for AIX 7.1, site version 8<br><em>(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</em></p>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Changelist: </strong></p>
<ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" > <li>GEN001280: On AIX 7.2 this check can return a lot of non-compliant files. It now lists only the first 50 non-compliant files in the analysis.</li> <li>GEN002280: For this check the list of users that can write to /dev is now a user changeable parameter.</li> <li>GEN003500: Fixed a remediation problem that was incorrectly modifying /etc<wbr>/sec<wbr>urit<wbr>y/li<wbr>mits<wbr>.</li> <li>GEN005320a: Exposed CONFIG_FILE as a para<wbr>mete<wbr>r.GE<wbr>N005<wbr>360a<wbr>: Exposed CONFIG_FILE as a parameter. GEN005360b: Exposed CONFIG_FILE as a parameter. Also exposed VALUE as a parameter since DISA calls for sys and AIX uses system as the group owner.</li></ul>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Details:</strong></p>
<ul> <li style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" >Both analysis and remediation checks are included· 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.</li></ul>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >Actions to take:</strong></p>
<ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" > <li> <p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important;" >If you are already subscribed to this site, no action is needed.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important;" >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 BigFix Compliance product and you must be using IBM BigFix version 9.2 and later</p> </li></ul>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" ><strong style="font-weight: bold;" >More information:</strong><br>To know more about the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:</p>
<ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" > <li> <p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important;" >IBM Developer Work<wbr>s:<wbr> <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</a></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important;" >Checklist Release Announcements:</p>
<ul> <li> <p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important;" >IBM BigFix Blog<wbr>:<wbr> <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en</a></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; display: block !important;" >IBM BigFix Foru<wbr>m:<wbr> <a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 112, 176);" >htt<wbr>ps:/<wbr>/for<wbr>um.b<wbr>igfi<wbr>x.co<wbr>m/c/<wbr>rele<wbr>ase-<wbr>anno<wbr>unce<wbr>ment<wbr>s/co<wbr>mpli<wbr>anc<wbr>e</a></p> </li> </ul> </li></ul>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective.<br>Thank you!</p>
<p style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" >-- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</p></div></div></div><BR>