<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Hello BigFix Community,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">We are pleased to announce the release of
a new compliance checklist within <b>BigFix Compliance</b>, designed to support
the <b>NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5</b> framework.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">As organizations work to align their
endpoint environments with NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, we are expanding our
compliance library to help you automate and audit technical security controls
effectively across your Windows Workstation environment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">What is the NIST 800-53 Rev 5
Compliance Checklist?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The NIST 800-53 Rev 5 Compliance
Checklist is a new Checklist designed to assess and enforce compliance against
the security and privacy controls defined in <b>NIST 800-53 Revision 5</b> for
Windows Workstations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">This checklist maps technical controls
directly to NIST 800-53 Rev 5 control families, allowing you to monitor,
enforce, and report on your Windows Workstation security posture against one of
the most comprehensive federal security frameworks available.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">Technical Snapshot</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Here is a quick overview of the coverage
provided in this release:</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Total Fixlets:</span></b><span lang="EN"> 627</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Fixlets with Remediation:</span></b><span lang="EN"> 606</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Parameterized Fixlets:</span></b><span lang="EN"> 526</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Framework:</span></b><span lang="EN"> NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Applies To:</span></b><span lang="EN"> Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 11 Enterprise</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">Scope of Coverage</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">This checklist focuses on the <b>technical
controls</b> that can be monitored and enforced via BigFix, mapped to NIST
800-53 Rev 5 control families. We currently support controls across <b>7
control families</b>:</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Access Control (AC) (Check
Count: 128)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Device Lock, Session Termination,
Account Management, Access Enforcement, Least Privilege, Unsuccessful Logon
Attempts</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Audit and Accountability (AU)
(Check Count: 71)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Audit Record Retention, Audit
Record Generation, Event Logging, Content of Audit Records, Audit Log Storage
Capacity, Time Stamps</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Configuration Management (CM)
(Check Count: 271)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Configuration Settings, Least
Functionality, System Component Inventory, Software Usage Restrictions</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">System and Communications
Protection (SC) (Check Count: 143)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Information in Shared System
Resources, Session Authenticity, Protection of Information at Rest, Boundary
Protection, Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Identification and
Authentication (IA) (Check Count: 2)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Identification and Authentication
(Organizational Users), Authenticator Management, Identification and
Authentication (Non-Organizational Users)</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">Awareness and Training (AT)
(Check Count: 2)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Policy and Procedures</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN">System and Information
Integrity (SI) (Check Count: 10)</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">Information Management and
Retention, Memory Protection, Malicious Code Protection, Spam Protection,
System Monitoring</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">How to Get Started</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The NIST 800-53 Rev 5 Checklist for
Windows Workstations is available now. To get started, subscribe to the content
from the NIST 800-53 Rev 5 Checklist for Windows Workstations external site and
deploy it to your desired endpoints.</span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Enable and gather the NIST 800-53 Rev 5 Checklist for Windows
Workstations external site from the License Overview Dashboard.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Create a
custom site using the Create Custom Checks wizard.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Change the
default parameters if required.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">If you use
custom sites, update them 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"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html">Using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard</a>.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Subscribe
all the relevant Windows 10 and Windows 11 Enterprise endpoints.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Run SCA import to get the compliance status reports.</span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">More information:</span></b><span lang="EN"> To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see
the following resources:</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">BigFix Forum:<a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</a></span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN">BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:<a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/scm-checklists/86"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/scm-checklists/86">https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/scm-checklists/86</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">We are committed to helping you stay
compliant with the latest regulatory frameworks. If you have questions
regarding specific checks or need assistance with implementation, please feel
free to reply to this thread.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i><span lang="EN">– The BigFix Compliance Team</span></i><b><span lang="EN"></span></b></p></div>