Patch management as of today Software vendors have published individual patches for a long time. This fragmented approach allowed vendors to ship purpose specific patches quickly. Endpoint customers also received the benefit of selecting patches that they considered fit for deployment in their environment and thus control the distribution of the content. But the faster delivery and the controlled distribution came with a cost which was primarily absorbed by the endpoint customers. Software vendors were able to limit the scope of testing to... [More]

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IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce the publication of the "Best Practices Guide for Patching AIX systems Using BigFix."   This guide contains a compilation of best practices, assumptions, and requirements to help both AIX system administrators and BigFix console operators to successfully patch AIX endpoints using BigFix. To download the guide in PDF format, click here .   If you have any comments about the content, feel free to post them in this forum . Thank you!   Other Documentation Resources: Best Practices for... [More]

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Content in the Patches for Windows Site has been released. New Fixlets: Fixlets for Microsoft Security Bulletins:     MS16-095     MS16-096     MS16-097     MS16-098     MS16-099     MS16-100     MS16-101     MS16-102     MS16-103 [Major] MS16-054: Security Update for Microsoft Office - Office Compatibility Pack SP3 - KB3115464    (ID: 311546401) Modified Fixlets: [Minor] MS16-077: Security Update... [More]

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IBM BigFix Patch offers an option for users to deploy Fixlets by installing the technology level (TL) and service pack (SP) fix packs from an accessible Network File System (NFS) share. Using NFS to store these large sized fix packs can prevent issues that are related to insufficient disk space on the /var/opt/BESClient directory during patching. Apart from this, NFS provides better installation time, decreases bandwidth usage, and reduces storage costs.   To help manage these fix packs on a remote disk space, IBM BigFix Patch released... [More]

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The IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on Beta Program aims to provide registered beta customers with the latest content that is available in the IBM BigFix Compliance product . The following beta sites for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) have been updated to ensure that the new PCI DSS checklist and enhancements on existing checklists bring value to our beta customers. PCI DSS Checklist for RHEL 5 Beta, site version 8 PCI DSS Checklist for RHEL 6 Beta, site version 5 PCI DSS Checklist for RHEL 7 Beta, site version 5 PCI DSS... [More]

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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance   Title: Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 7   Category: Updated SCM checklist   Published Benchmark version: DISA STIG Checklist for Windows 7 , V1, R28   Details: IBM is pleased to announce the availability of an updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) checklist for IBM BigFix Compliance.  The checklist is based on DISA STIG for Windows 7, V1, R28.     This checklist contains a number of checks to evaluate the security... [More]

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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on   Title: Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) PCI DSS Checklists for RHEL 5, RHEL 6, RHEL 7, and AIX 7 to comply with PCI DSS v3.2   Category: Updated SCM checklist   Published Benchmark: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v3.2   Details: The IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on team has updated the content for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) checklists for RHEL 5, RHEL 6, RHEL 7, and AIX 7 to comply with PCI DSS v3.2, as well as to include... [More]

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In line with SUSE’s end of support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on July 31, 2016, IBM BigFix Patch is announcing that the following sites, which contain patch content for both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, are to be deprecated by September 30, 2016 : Patches for SLE10 Patches for SLE10 System Z   Note: SUSE ended its general support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on July 31, 2013.   Patch content for any new SUSE updates, which may be released after the site deprecation date,... [More]

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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance 

   Title:  Including "STIG" in the names of some DISA checklist sites as a preferred naming convention.   Category: Updating SCM checklists   Published Benchmark: These are site name changes only.  No checklist contents are affected.   Details: IBM is pleased to announce that the following published SCM checklist site names are updated to include STIG in the site names   DISA Checklist for Mac OS X 10.8, site version 2 —> DISA STIG Checklist for Mac OS X... [More]

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IBM BigFix Patches for Windows retired the following Custom Repository Setting (Windows) tasks from the Updates for Windows Applications site: Create or Update Custom Repository Setting (Windows)   Delete Custom Repository Setting (Windows) The equivalent of these tasks are now in the Patching Support site. Note that the Create or Update Custom Repository Setting (Windows) task is renamed to the Set or Update Custom Repository Setting (Windows) task . Set or Update Custom Repository Setting (Windows) Delete Custom Repository Setting... [More]

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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on   Title: Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) PCI DSS Checklists for MS IIS 7, MS SQL 2008, MS SQL 2012, and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 to comply with PCI DSS v3.2   Category: Updated SCM checklist   Published Benchmark: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v3.2   Details: The IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on team has updated the content for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) checklists for MS IIS 7, MS SQL 2008, MS SQL 2012, and Windows... [More]

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Content in the Patches for Windows Site has been released. New Fixlets: Fixlets for Microsoft Security Bulletins:     MS16-084     MS16-085     MS16-086     MS16-087     MS16-088     MS16-089     MS16-090     MS16-091     MS16-092     MS16-093     MS16-094 Reason for Update: Microsoft has released 11 Security Bulletins for Jul 2016. Actions to Take: None Published site version:... [More]

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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance  Title:  New Security Configuration Management (SCM) CIS Checklist for Oracle Linux 7   Category: New SCM checklist   Published Benchmark: CIS Checklist for Oracle Linux 7 , V1.1.0 Details: IBM is pleased to announce the availability of a new Security Configuration Management (SCM) checklist for IBM BigFix Compliance.  The checklist is based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmark for Oracle Linux 7 , V1.1.0.   This checklist contains a number of checks to evaluate the... [More]

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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on   Title: Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) PCI DSS Checklists for Windows 2008, Windows 2012, Windows 7, Windows Embedded POSReady 7, and Windows Embedded Standard 7 to comply with PCI DSS v3.2   Category: Updated SCM checklist   Published Benchmark: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v3.2   Details: The IBM BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on team has updated the content for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) checklists for Windows 2008,... [More]

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