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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Product:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
IBM BigFix Compliance <br>
<br>
<br>
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Title:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 to support a more recent version of benchmark<br>
<br>
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Security Benchmark:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (non-R2) Benchmark, V2.1.0 <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Published Sites:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 DC, site version 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 MS, site version 4<i><br>
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</i><br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;text-autospace:none">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;text-autospace:none">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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 style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Actions to take:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#2F2F2F"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F">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. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#2F2F2F"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F">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 </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt">https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More information:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="color:black">To know more about the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">IBM Developer Works:<br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><br>
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