<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p>
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BigFix Compliance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Title:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br>
Updated <b>CIS Checklist for Windows Server
2019 </b> to support a more recent
version of the benchmark.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Security Benchmark:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(41,42,46)">CIS
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Benchmark, V4.0.0</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Published Sites:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br>
CIS Checklist for Windows Server 2019 DC, site version 26</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">CIS
Checklist for Windows Server 2019 MS, site version 22<br>
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Details: CIS Checklist for
Windows Server 2019 DC</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total New Fixlets: 22</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Updated Fixlets:23</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Deleted Fixlets: 3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Fixlets in Site: 402</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Details: CIS Checklist for
Windows Server 2019 MS</span><span lang="EN"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total New Fixlets: 22</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Updated Fixlets:23</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Deleted Fixlets: 3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Fixlets in Site: 408</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<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><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">ADDED</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Turn on Basic
feed authentication over HTTP' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Configure
multicast DNS (mDNS) protocol' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Turn off
default IPv6 DNS Servers' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Enable App
Installer Local Archive Malware Scan Override' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Enable App
Installer Microsoft Store Source Certificate Validation Bypass' is set to
'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Enable
Windows Package Manager command line interfaces' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Do not apply
the Mark of the Web tag to files copied from insecure sources' is set to
'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Control
whether exclusions are visible to local users' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Enable EDR in
block mode' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Convert warn
verdict to block' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Configure
real-time protection and Security Intelligence Updates during OOBE' is set to
'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Configure
Brute-Force Protection aggressiveness' is set to 'Enabled: Medium' or higher</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Configure
Remote Encryption Protection Mode' is set to 'Enabled: Audit' or higher</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Configure how
aggressively Remote Encryption Protection blocks threats' is set to 'Enabled:
Medium' or higher</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Scan excluded
files and directories during quick scans' is set to 'Enabled: 1'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Trigger a
quick scan after X days without any scans' is set to 'Enabled: 7'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security: Virtualization Based Protection of Code
Integrity' is set to 'Enabled with UEFI lock' </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security: Select Platform Security Level' is set to
'Secure Boot' or higher </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security: Secure Launch Configuration' is set to 'Enabled' </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security: Require UEFI Memory Attributes Table' is set to
'True (checked)' </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security: Credential Guard Configuration' is set to
'Disabled' (DC Only) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security: Credential Guard Configuration' is set to
'Enabled with UEFI lock' (MS Only) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(NG) Ensure 'Turn On
Virtualization Based Security' is set to 'Enabled' </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">●<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><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">UPDATED</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Enable
Certificate Padding' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1 -> L2) Ensure
'Enable App Installer' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Configure
Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Network
access: Remotely accessible registry paths and sub-paths' is configured</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">L1) Ensure 'Network
access: Remotely accessible registry paths' is configured</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Network
access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously' is configured (DC only)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Network
access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously' is configured (MS only)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Replace a
process level token' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Adjust memory
quotas for a process' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK
SERVICE'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Generate
security audits' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Turn off
toast notifications on the lock screen' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Turn off Help
Experience Improvement Program' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Do not
preserve zone information in file attachments' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Notify
antivirus programs when opening attachments' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Configure
Windows spotlight on lock screen' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Do not
suggest third-party content in Windows spotlight' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Do not use
diagnostic data for tailored experiences' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Turn off all
Windows spotlight features' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Turn off
Spotlight collection on Desktop' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Prevent users
from sharing files within their profile.' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Always
install with elevated privileges' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L2) Ensure 'Prevent Codec
Download' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Enable
password encryption' is set to 'Enabled'</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Toggle user
control over Insider builds' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1) Ensure 'Accounts:
Block Microsoft accounts' is set to 'Users can't add or log on with Microsoft
accounts'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">o<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(L1)Ensure 'Turn off
Microsoft Defender AntiVirus' is set to 'Disabled'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">●<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Both analysis and
remediation checks are included</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">●<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Actions to take:</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in 14pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt">●<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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 10 and later</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt">.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">●<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">More information:</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please
see the following resources:</span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">●<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">BigFix Forum:<br>
</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=05%7C01%7CBigFix-Scrum-Earth%40hcl.com%7C850b19aead5a47f24eb308da841ed642%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637967565224681222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UYYRYb3SofshREYync5mCc2d5MUGb53t7OjOCBg%2BoJg%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">●<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" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">BigFix Compliance SCM
Checklists:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span lang="EN"><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%7CBigFix-Scrum-Earth%40hcl.com%7C850b19aead5a47f24eb308da841ed642%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637967565224681222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sJEji05sRie522iksNIya8RoKSDGBtgSCKlAzsF0N%2Fo%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We hope
you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">– The BigFix Compliance
team</span></i><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p>
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