BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for CentOS Linux 7, published 2020-06-11

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for CentOS Linux 7 Benchmark with a bugfixes.

Security Benchmark:
CIS CentOS Linux 7 Benchmark, v2.2.0

Published Sites:
CIS checklist for CentOS Linux 7, site version 13
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:
Fixed and improved implementation for the following checks:

• Ensure no ungrouped files or directories exist
• Ensure no unowned files or directories exist
• Deploy and Run CIS CentOS Linux 7
• Ensure lockout for failed password attempts is configured
• Ensure system accounts are non-login

Actions to take:
• 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 9.2 and later.

• 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 https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html.

More information:
To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:

• BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance
• BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Checklist/SCM_Checklist.html

We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!

– The BigFix Compliance team