<html><body><p><b><font face="Arial">Product: </font></b><font face="Arial"><br>IBM BigFix Compliance <br> <br></font><br><b><font face="Arial">Title: </font></b><font face="Arial"><br>Updated CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2008 R2 to support a more recent version of benchmark and remediation support<br><br></font><br><b><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Security Benchmark: </font></b><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial"><br></font><font face="Arial">CIS </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">MS SQL Server 2008 R2 </font><font face="Arial">Benchmark, V 1.5.0</font><br><font face="Arial"> <br></font><br><b><font face="Arial">Published Sites: </font></b><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial"><br></font><font face="Arial">CIS Checklist for MS SQL Server 2008 R2, site version 5</font><i><font face="Arial"><br>(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</font></i><font face="Arial"><br> <br></font><br><b><font face="Arial">Details:</font></b><ul><ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">The checklist now supports following Operating systems:</font><ul><ul><ul type="disc"><li><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Windows Server 2008 </font><li><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">W</font><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">indows Server 2008 R2</font><li><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">W</font><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">indows Server 2012</font><li><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">W</font><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">indows Server 2012 R2</font></ul></ul></ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">Both analysis and remediation checks are included.</font><p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="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. </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial"> </font><p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Updated Applicability Fixlet to ensure freshness of the compliance data. The Checklist will be reported as “Not Applicable” in the SCA reports, if Environment Setup Task is not executed for 90 days.</font><p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Updated “Environment Setup Task” to not to use action parameters.</font></ul></ul><br><b><font face="Arial">Actions to take:</font></b><ul><ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">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. </font><p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">If you use custom sites, update your custom sites accordingly to use the latest content. You can synchronize your content by using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard. For more information, see </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt</font></u></a><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">. </font><p></ul></ul><b><font face="Arial">More information:</font></b><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial"> </font><br><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial"><br></font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see </font><ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">IBM Developer Works:<br></font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</font></u></a><font face="Arial"> </font><ul><br></ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">IBM BigFix Blog:<br></font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en</font></u></a><ul><br></ul><br><font face="Symbol">· </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">IBM BigFix Forum:<br></font><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</font></u></a><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></u></ul><br><font face="Arial">We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!<br> <br></font><i><font face="Arial"> -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</font></i><BR>
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