BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 11, published 2026-08-05

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 11 to support a more recent version of the benchmark.

Security Benchmark:
CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark, V5.0.1

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Windows 11, site version 16.
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:

Total New Fixlets: 0

Total Updated Fixlets:2

Total Deleted Fixlets: 0

Total Fixlets in Site: 560

UPDATED

Configure 'Accounts: Rename administrator account'

Configure 'Accounts: Rename guest account'

Both analysis and remediation checks are included

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.

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 10 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

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: CIS Compliance Checklist

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

– The BigFix Compliance team