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BigFix Compliance</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Title:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2012 R2</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Security Benchmark:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Benchmark, V2.6.0<br>
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<b>Published Sites:</b></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2F2F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 DC, site version 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 MS, site version 12<br>
<span style="background:white">(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Details:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Actions to take:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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.</span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2F2F2F;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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 lang="EN-IN" style="color:black"><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=05%7C01%7Csaidinesh.ck%40hcl.com%7C5eaa0fe7f9a8429037af08da5434d4cc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637914883135877412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FoprhBtYUWsbbumeCwmdB5REB2%2B8ly8ZRcX77LLdSIs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">More information:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">BigFix Forum:<br>
</span><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=05%7C01%7Csaidinesh.ck%40hcl.com%7C5eaa0fe7f9a8429037af08da5434d4cc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637914883135877412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ro6Wm7SQxl97xa6jZT42%2BYyMzvS5wnMjxtsHdy0UR%2BQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:<br>
</span><span lang="EN-IN"><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=05%7C01%7Csaidinesh.ck%40hcl.com%7C5eaa0fe7f9a8429037af08da5434d4cc%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637914883135877412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tFmeo1o19iK74IdmVwZBvh66CWQE1XeDCtcluA3cyZ0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!<br>
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<i> -- The BigFix Compliance team</i></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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