<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hello BigFix Community,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">We are excited to announce the beta release of the new
Universal Checklist for RHEL, building on our ongoing initiative to simplify
and streamline compliance management in BigFix.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This release represents another milestone in our Universal
Checklist initiative, further advancing our goal of simplifying compliance
management through unified, platform-specific checklists across all supported
OS versions. It is designed to reduce complexity and enhance performance across
your entire environment.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This next stage is focused specifically on RHEL, and here’s
what it means for you today</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>What is the Universal Checklist for RHEL?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The Universal Checklist for RHEL is a consolidated checklist
designed to assess general purpose compliance across all supported RHEL
versions, both RHEL 7, 8, 9 and 10.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The second beta release is a collection of all the checks
from CIS and DISA benchmarks for all the supported RHELs. It allows you to
enforce security configurations across your entire RHEL environment with a
single action.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Technical Snapshot</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Total Fixlets: 669<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Fixlets with Remediation: 502<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Benchmark Sources: CIS and DISA STIGs<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Applies To: RHEL 7, 8, 9 and 10<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Key Benefits in This Beta Release</b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Simplified
Workflow</b>: Instead of selecting and managing multiple checklists for
different OS versions (e.g., for 7, 8, 9 and 10), you can now deploy a
single universal checklist to scan all your RHEL endpoints. This new model
eliminates the need to manually identify, enable, and run multiple
OS-specific checklists, significantly cutting down on configuration time</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Version-aware
applicability</b>: The checklist uses version-aware applicability logic,
ensuring checks only apply to relevant OS versions.</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>What's Changing</b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>A
Single Checklist Model:</b> You will now manage and deploy one checklist
for the entire RHEL platform, rather than one for each OS version and
Benchmark.<b></b></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>What Stays the Same</b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Custom
Checklist Creation:</b> Your workflow for creating custom checklists is
not changing. You can still use the "Create Custom Checklist"
wizard with the content from this new Universal Checklist.<b></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Parameterization</b>:
The ability to parameterize checks, where applicable, remains unchanged
from the existing process.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Checklist-Level
Reporting:</b> For this beta phase, you will find the compliance score for
the Universal Checklist in the same location as your other checklists SCA
> Reports > Checklists section. or you can access the same data by
running the existing compliance reports in Web Reports
(https://\localhost>:8083/webreports)<b></b></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><i>Note:</i></b><i> It is important to note that this
report shows the overall compliance for the general-purpose Universal Checklist
itself and is not a substitute for a benchmark-specific (e.g., CIS or DISA)
report.</i></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Availability
of Individual CIS/DISA Checklists:</b> This Universal Checklist is for
general-purpose use. To generate specific CIS or DISA compliance reports,
you must continue to use the individual CIS and DISA checklists, which
will still be delivered through the existing method.<b></b></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>How to Get Started</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The Universal Checklist for RHEL (Beta) is available now. To
get started, please subscribe to the content from the [Universal Checklist for
RHEL] external site and deploy it to your desired endpoints.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">To get started:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">1. Enable and gather the Universal Checklist for RHEL
external site from the License Overview Dashboard.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">2. Create a custom site using Create Custom Checks wizard.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">3. Change the default parameters if required.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">4. 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 <a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Using
the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">5. Subscribe all the relevant RHEL (7/8/9/10) endpoints.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">6. Run SCA import to get the compliance status reports.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>We Need Your Feedback</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">As this is a beta release, your feedback is crucial. Please
share your experience, report any issues, and provide suggestions in this forum
thread to help us prepare for the general availability release.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>What’s Next?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This is just the beginning! Future stages of the Universal
Checklist initiative will include:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Expansion
to other platforms like macOS, and multiple Linux distributions.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The
Universal Checklist will introduce advanced framework-specific mapping for
standards like CIS, DISA, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and others, enabling
capabilities including:</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Framework-specific
scoring</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Drill-down
by Fixlet, device, and group</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Historical
trend analysis</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Exportable
audit reports</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Thank you for your continued support and participation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i>– The BigFix Compliance team</i></p></div>