<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Product:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
BigFix Compliance</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Title:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Updated CIS Checklist
for MS SQL Server 2017</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Security
Benchmark:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color:black">CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Benchmark</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> , V1.3.0</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
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<b>Published Sites:</b></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(47,47,47);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CIS Checklist for </span></span><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">MS SQL Server 2017</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, site version 9<br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(The site version is provided for air-gap
customers.)</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Details:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(47,47,47);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Both analysis and remediation checks are included.</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(47,47,47);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">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><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Actions
to take:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(47,47,47);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;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 9.5 and later.</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(47,47,47);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;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="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </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." style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;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"></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">More
information:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">To know more about the BigFix
Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;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." style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);border:1pt none windowtext;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." style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">We
hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank
you!<br>
<br>
<i> -- The BigFix Compliance team</i></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span></p></div>