BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2025 with bugfixes, published 2026-07-14

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Windows 2025 with bug fixes

Security Benchmark:
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Benchmark, V2.0.0

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Windows 2025 DC, site version 7

CIS Checklist for Windows 2025 MS, site version 9
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details: CIS Checklist for Windows 2025 DC

Total Updated Fixlets:3

Total Fixlets in Site: 421

Modified Relevance and Measured value for below checks

cis-2.3.1.4 - Configure 'Accounts: Rename guest account'

cis-2.3.1.3 - Configure 'Accounts: Rename administrator account'

cis-1.2.1 - Ensure 'Account lockout duration' is set to '15 or more minute(s)'

Details: CIS Checklist for Windows 2025 MS

Total Updated Fixlets:3

Total Fixlets in Site: 426

Modified Relevance and Measured value for below checks

cis-2.3.1.4 - Configure 'Accounts: Rename guest account'

cis-2.3.1.3 - Configure 'Accounts: Rename administrator account'

cis-1.2.1 - Ensure 'Account lockout duration' is set to '15 or more minute(s)'

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 11.0.3 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:

BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:

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

– The BigFix Compliance team.