<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 DISA STIG
Checklist for MS SQL Server 2014</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">U_MS_SQL_Server_2014_Y22M10_STIG</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">DatabaseV1R6,Instance
V2R3</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 style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">DISA STIG Checklist for MS SQL Server 2014</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, site version 4</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><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></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;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:Symbol;color:rgb(32,31,30)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Remediation
Support added.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;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:Symbol;color:rgb(32,31,30)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Fixed
and Improved implementation for the checks to avoid failure when any databases
are offline or any special characters in database name.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;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:Symbol;color:rgb(32,31,30)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Added
feature to run Environmental Setup Task and Remediation with a Custom Windows
Login in SQL Server.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;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:Symbol;color:rgb(32,31,30)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Fixed
all the checks to work with the SQL Server instances running on non-default
port.</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="color:rgb(32,31,30)">The code has been optimized to improve performance and efficiency.</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;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://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/index.html" target="_blank" title="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/index.html" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">BigFix Compliance (hcltechsw.com)</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>
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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: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>