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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Product:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Title:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 to support a more recent version of benchmark<br>
<br>
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Security Benchmark:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Benchmark, V2.3.0 <br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Published Sites:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 DC, site version 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 MS, site version 8<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 lang="EN-US" 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 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" 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 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F2F2F"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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>
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<span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt">https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More information:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" 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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