BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 11 with bug fixes, published 2024-12-06

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 11 with bug fixes.

Security Benchmark:

CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark, V3.0.0.

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Windows 11, site version 8.
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:

Fixed and Improved implementation for the following checks:

  • Addressed synchronization issues in below checks related to pending restart.

  • (L1) Ensure ‘Network access: Do not allow storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication’ is set to ‘Enabled’

  • (L1) Ensure ‘User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode’ is set to ‘Enabled’

  • (L1) Ensure ‘NetBT NodeType configuration’ is set to ‘Enabled: P-node (recommended)’

  • (L2) Disable IPv6 (Ensure TCPIP6 Parameter ‘DisabledComponents’ is set to ‘0xff (255)’)

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 9.5 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 Using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard

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

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

– The BigFix Compliance team