Product:
IBM BigFix Compliance
Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Microsoft Windows 7, CIS Checklist for Windows 10, CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 MS, CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 MS, CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 R2 MS to fix bugs.
Security Benchmarks:
CIS Microsoft Windows 7 Benchmark, v3.0.0
CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1703 Benchmark, v1.3.0
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Benchmark, v2.2.0
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 RTM (Release 1607) Benchmark, v1.0.0
CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Benchmark, v3.0.0
Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Windows 7 site version 10
CIS Checklist for Windows 10 site version 7
CIS Checklist for Windows 2012 R2 MS site version 7
CIS Checklist for Windows 2016 MS site version 2
CIS Checklist for Windows 2008 R2 MS site version 6
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)
Details:
Fixed and improved implementation for the following checks:
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.5.1.1_L1_Ensure_Turn_off_toast_notifications_on_the_lock_screen_is_set_to_Enabled.
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.1.3.4_L1_Ensure_Screen_saver_timeout_is_set_to_Enabled_900_seconds_or_fewer_but_not_0
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.7.26.1_L1_Ensure_Prevent_users_from_sharing_files_within_their_profile._is_set_to_Enabled.
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.1.3.3_L1_Ensure_Password_protect_the_screen_saver_is_set_to_Enabled
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.7.4.2_L1_Ensure_Notify_antivirus_programs_when_opening_attachments_is_set_to_Enabled
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.1.3.2_L1_Ensure_Force_specific_screen_saver_Screen_saver_executable_name_is_set_to_Enabled_scrnsave.scr
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.1.3.1_L1_Ensure_Enable_screen_saver_is_set_to_Enabled
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.7.4.1_L1_Ensure_Do_not_preserve_zone_information_in_file_attachments_is_set_to_Disabled
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_19.7.39.1_L1_Ensure_Always_install_with_elevated_privileges_is_set_to_Disabled
The relevance is fixed to check only interactively logged on users instead of matching all SIDs under HKU. The SID’s that don’t log in interactively are excluded.
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