Product:
BigFix Compliance
Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 with bugfixes.
Security Benchmark:
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Benchmark, V3.0.0.
Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 DC, site version 19.
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 MS, site version 19.
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)
Details:
‘Deploy and Run’ task has been implemented to validate compliance for the following rules:
(L1) Ensure ‘Network access: Allow anonymous SID/Name translation’ is set to ‘Disabled’
(L1) Ensure ‘Password must meet complexity requirements’ is set to ‘Enabled’
(L1) Ensure ‘Store passwords using reversible encryption’ is set to ‘Disabled’
Note: This task has to be run periodically.
Revised and Improved implementation of all audit-related checks by removing parameterization.
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:
BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance
BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists
We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!
– The BigFix Compliance team.