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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Adobe Flash Player will be at End of Life as of December 31, 2020. Within BigFix, Adobe Flash Player is used for the display of
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">some </span>
<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dashboards and Wizards in the BigFix Console and in BigFix Web Reports.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As part of the continuous improvement and modernization of BigFix, changes will be made to address the End Of Life of Flash.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">BigFix intends to remove the dependency on Flash Player or mitigate its presence before the End of Life date to ensure business continuity and guarantee appropriate attention to our BigFix
security within customer environments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The timeline for removal of the Flash
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">elements</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> will vary by module and component. A monthly update will be provided on the status and progress of the Flash replacement plan </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">via
this communication channel</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">. When upgrades are required to remove Flash content, they will be specified within the updated removal plans. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">More
information will also be provided on upgrade paths and deprecated/unsupported components.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NOTE: BigFix does not embed or distribute Flash Player. If Flash Player is disabled or uninstalled from computers running BigFix Console or BigFix Web Reports</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
Flash-dependent features in these tools will stop working until the replacement or mitigation is completed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The following BigFix components contain Flash elements:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">B</span><span lang="IT" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ES</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Support (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console
content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">BES Inventory and License
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">OS Deployment (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Software Distribution</span><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console
content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Virtual Endpoint Manager / Patches for ESXi</span><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console
content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Power Management</span><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console
and Web Reports content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Remote Control (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console and Web Reports content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Patch</span><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="IT" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Console
content)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Security </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Configuration</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Manage</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">r </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console
and Web Reports content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Client Manager for Endpoint Protection</span><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Console
content</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The following BigFix components are free of Flash content</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> at their latest versions</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">BigFix Platform components (exclusive of specified content sites) </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">BigFix Web Reports (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">exclusive of specific reports distributed via content
sites</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">WebUI</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Server Automation</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Self-Service Application</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Inventory</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Compliance Analytics</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The BigFix replacement plan is as follows: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Module or component will deliver incremental content updates as soon as they are available, ensuring an upgrade process as seamless as possible. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Due to the nature of the content updates, customers running air-gapped deployments will have to plan on applying the site updates when available.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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