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<p style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Product:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
BigFix Compliance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Title:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows server 2016 to support a more recent version of benchmark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Security Benchmark:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 RTM (Release 1607) Benchmark, v1.1.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Published Sites:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 DC, site version 4<br>
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 MS, site version 4<br>
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Details:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
• Both analysis and remediation checks are included<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">• 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">Actions to take:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
• 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 BigFix version 9.2 and later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">• 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 <a href="https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt"><span style="color:#0088CC">https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">More information:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:<br>
• Developer Works:<br>
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0088CC">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">• BigFix Forum:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0088CC">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">– The BigFix Compliance team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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