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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Product:
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BigFix Compliance<br>
<br>
<b>Title:</b><br>
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2016<span style="color:#172B4D;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Security Benchmark: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 RTM (Release 1607) Benchmark, V1.3.0<br>
<br>
<b>Published Sites: </b><span style="color:#2F2F2F"><br>
</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 DC, site version 10<br>
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 MS, site version 10</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
<br>
<b><span style="color:black">Details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Modified the site relevance to target only native (BigFix Agent) based computers to avoid execution on an endpoint without an agent</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Actions to take:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:#2F2F2F;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#2F2F2F;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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 style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.hcltechsw.com%2Fbigfix%2F10.0%2Fcompliance%2FCompliance%2FSCM_Users_Guide%2Fc_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html&data=04%7C01%7Cajitkumar.nayak%40hcl.com%7Ccda5870b82a141010dc508d9cabdca03%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637763738746149310%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=r2Pf8NUFTb4sAY6Vo6SC%2FUedNwMC5ho48s6u0il1AfE%3D&reserved=0">https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#2F2F2F;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">More information:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
<span style="color:black">To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BigFix Forum:<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=04%7C01%7Cajitkumar.nayak%40hcl.com%7Ccda5870b82a141010dc508d9cabdca03%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637763738746149310%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=QAxs%2BsyjUb5ENHCDzXuSHqQe09ScJ1ez5XUorf5tNnM%3D&reserved=0">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Denus%23!%2Fwiki%2FBigFix%2520Wiki%2Fpage%2FSCM%2520Checklists&data=04%7C01%7Cajitkumar.nayak%40hcl.com%7Ccda5870b82a141010dc508d9cabdca03%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637763738746149310%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=pF%2FO88Rqt1wIijOxWSTDW52Yv1avsOdl9QqjgxUcM70%3D&reserved=0">https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!<br>
<br>
<i> -- The BigFix Compliance team</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#434EA2">Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#434EA2">Ajit Kumar Nayak<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#231F20">Software Engineer II – BigFix SCA Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#434EA2">HCL Technologies Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#231F20"><a href="http://www.hcltech.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.hcltech.com</span></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EF2D2C"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><a href="http://www.hcl.com/"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">www.hcl.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333CC"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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