<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Product:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
BigFix Compliance</span></p>

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Updated </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">CIS
Checklist for AIX 7.x<b> </b>with bug fixes</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></b></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:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Security Benchmark:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark, v1.1.0</span></p>

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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">CIS Checklist for AIX 7.x</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, site version 7<br>
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:14pt 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;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 style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Updated Fixlets: 7</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;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 style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Total Fixlets in Site: 216</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal">·<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></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">cis-4.1.1.1 – Moved to
the Environment Setup task for improved validation handling.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal">·<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></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">cis-4.1.2.1,
cis-4.1.2.3 – Updated the audit logic to ensure accurate validation.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal">·<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></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">cis-4.6.3.12 –
Corrected parameter handling to ensure consistent and reliable input processing
during execution.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal">·<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></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">cis-4.2.1, cis-4.6.4.2
– Enhanced audit logic to include verification of the enabled state of the
sendmail service.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;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><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">cis-4.2.8 – Enhanced audit logic to
include verification of the enabled state of the snmpd service.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 0.75in;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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;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 style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,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 class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 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:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Note:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> Additionally, as the
site version has been upgraded, the prefetch blocks of the checks that include
remediation have been updated. As a result, you may observe approximately 162
checks appearing as out of sync.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<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 style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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 style="color:black"><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the
following resources:</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BigFix Forum:<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,136,204)">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt 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:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<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 style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,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 style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We hope you find this latest release of SCM
content useful and effective. Thank you!<br>
<i>– The BigFix Compliance team</i></span></div>