IBM BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Mac OS X 10.12 published 2018-9-20

Product:
IBM BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Mac OS X 10.12 to update a few fixlets.

Security Benchmark:
CIS Apple OSX 10.12, v1.0.0

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Mac OS X 10.12, site version 3
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:

• CIS-1.3 now reads /Library/Preferences/com.apple.commerce.
• CIS-2.2.3 now only shows the measured value of the compliant line from the config file or “no entry” if it does not exist.
• CIS-6.1.1 now allows the path to the preferences directory to be set as a custom parameter. The default is /Library/Preferences.
• CIS-6.1.2 now allows the path to the preferences directory to be set as a custom parameter. The default is /Library/Preferences.

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 IBM 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://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt.

More information:
To know more about the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:
• IBM Developer Works:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists

• IBM BigFix Blog:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en

• IBM BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance

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

– The IBM BigFix Compliance team