<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 2012 to support a more recent version of benchmark<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 2012 </font><font face="Arial">Benchmark, V 1.4.0</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 2012, 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><font face="Courier New">o </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Windows Server 2008 SP2</font><p><font face="Courier New">o </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1</font><p><font face="Courier New">o </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Windows Server 2012</font><p><font face="Courier New">o </font><font color="#2F2F2F" face="Arial">Windows Server 2012 R2</font><p></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><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><br><font face="Arial">· </font><font face="Arial">Updated “Environment Setup Task” to not to use action parameters.</font></ul></ul><br><br><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><ul><br></ul><br><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></ul></ul><font face="Arial"> </font><br><br><b><font face="Arial">More information: </font></b><font face="Arial"><br>To know more about the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:</font><ul><ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">IBM Developer Works:<br></font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</font></u></a><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><br></font></u><p><font face="Symbol">· </font><font 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="Arial">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en</font></u></a><ul><ul></ul></ul><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Arial">IBM BigFix Forum:<br></font><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</font></u></a><font face="Arial"><br></font></ul></ul><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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