<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Product:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
BigFix Compliance</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Title:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
New DISA Checklist for Ubuntu 24.04.</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Security Benchmark:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
DISA Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS STIG SCAP Benchmark, v1r1</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Published Sites:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none">DISA STIG
Checklist for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Server, site version 2<br>
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Details:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
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<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Actions to take:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<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:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Both
analysis and remediation checks are included</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<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:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,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.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<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:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Improved a
few checks by adding the pending restart feature to them. The pending restart
feature works in the following ways:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<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:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The action
results will show “Pending Restart” instead of “Fixed” for those checks which
require OS reboot.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<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:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The check
will show relevant for those endpoints until they are rebooted.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<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:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Post reboot
of the endpoint the action results will show as “Fixed” and the check will be
compliant.</span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">More information:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the
following resources:</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">BigFix Forum:<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7Cb3aebf7519664028dc8b08da89dfe49e%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637973891946148511%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CgFoLnn2SUQDa8gV7EoPigfKH4hQk0a1GNq3swG2m8U%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,136,204)">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Den-us%23!%2Fwiki%2FBigFix%2520Wiki%2Fpage%2FSCM%2520Checklists&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7Cb3aebf7519664028dc8b08da89dfe49e%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637973891946148511%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uwTwmlSHfUoigLq95hv%2B%2F%2FmvBfoqab7OlPyaYKJEFgI%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,136,204)">https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt"></span></li>
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<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">We hope you find this latest release of SCM content
useful and effective. Thank you!</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">– The BigFix Compliance team</span><span lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
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