Symantec Control Compliance Suite Express Security Content Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) Release Notes
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Express Security Content Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) This document includes the following topics: Introduction to Express Security Content Update Prerequisites for Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) Contents of Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) Installing Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) Introduction to Express Security Content Update An Express Security Content Update (SCU) is an out-of-band content update, which is complementary to the periodic Security Content Updates on Symantec Control Compliance Suite (CCS) 11.1 and 11.5. A separate Express SCU is released for each CCS platform. Each Express SCU comprises an installer to install an individual predefined technical standard along with its corresponding asset group templates and target types. This installer needs to be run manually only on CCS Application Server. The installer can be run both on the agentless and the agent-based CCS 11.1 and CCS 11.5 setups.
Express Security Content Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) Prerequisites for Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) 5 With an easy-to-install setup and an ad-hoc availability of a particular CCS standard, Express SCU is an easy way of installing the required Content platform updates for CCS 11.1 and CCS 11.5. Every Express SCU is integrated with the subsequent periodic Security Content Update (SCU). Prerequisites for Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) The following are the prerequisites to install the Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0): CCS 11.1 or CCS 11.5 Before you install the Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0), make sure that you have installed CCS 11.1 or CCS 11.5. Minimum and maximum compatible versions of SCU CCS version Minimum supported SCU version Maximum supported SCU version 11.1 or 11.5 2014-3 2016-1 Minimum privileges To install this Express SCU successfully, the user must have the following minimum privileges: Local administrative CCS administrative Stopping jobs running on CCS Application Server Before you install this Express SCU, you must stop the following jobs running on the CCS Application Server: Data collection job Evaluation job Collection-Evaluation-Reporting (CER) job
Express Security Content Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) Contents of Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) 6 Contents of Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) The Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) contains the following: Technical standard This Express SCU provides an installer to install the following standard: CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 v2.1.0 Installing Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) To install the Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) on a Symantec Control Compliance Suite 11.1 setup, you must download the CCS_ExpressSCU_CISWindows2008R2_v2.1.0_v1.0_Win.exe file from the following location: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/list.jsp?fid=ccs&pvid=esc To install the Express SCU for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (CIS Benchmark 2.1.0) on your Symantec Control Compliance Suite 11.1 setup, refer to the following steps: 1 Copy the downloaded CCS_ExpressSCU_CISWindows2008R2_v2.1.0_v1.0_Win.exe file to the CCS Application Server. 2 Double-click CCS_ExpressSCU_CISWindows2008R2_v2.1.0_v1.0_Win.exe. 3 On the Symantec Control Compliance Suite Express Security Content Update Installer welcome screen, click Start to proceed with the installation procedure. 4 Click Finish after the installation of the CIS standard is completed.