Welcome
Compliance Setup Guide and User Guide
BigFix Compliance Analytics is a web-based application designed to help you manage security, vulnerability, and risk assessment. The application archives security and vulnerability compliance check results to identify configuration issues and report levels of compliance toward security configuration goals.
BigFix Compliance Analytics User Guide
BigFix Compliance Analytics is a component of BigFix Compliance, that includes technical controls and tools that are based on industry practices and standards for endpoint and server security configuration.
Management Tasks
The following management tasks can be performed if you have appropriate permissions.
Server Settings
Configure server settings including HTTP port, SSL, TLS, data retention, and SSL certificate expiry notifications.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Configure and manage SSL certificates for secure communication in BigFix Compliance Analytics.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Compliance Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Compliance documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Compliance.
BigFix Platform
BigFix Query
Compliance Overview
BigFix Compliance helps support endpoint security throughout your organization.
Compliance Guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Compliance user guides in PDF format:
SCM Checklists Guide
This SCM Checklists page provides information about the compliance checklists supported by BigFix Compliance, including frameworks, supported platforms, and checklist versions.
Compliance Setup Guide and User Guide
BigFix Compliance Analytics is a web-based application designed to help you manage security, vulnerability, and risk assessment. The application archives security and vulnerability compliance check results to identify configuration issues and report levels of compliance toward security configuration goals.
- BigFix Compliance Analytics Setup Guide
- BigFix Compliance Analytics User Guide
  BigFix Compliance Analytics is a component of BigFix Compliance, that includes technical controls and tools that are based on industry practices and standards for endpoint and server security configuration.
  - Introduction
  - General Usage Concepts
  - Management Tasks
    The following management tasks can be performed if you have appropriate permissions.
    - Computer Groups
    - Configuring multiple computer groups
    - Computer Properties
    - Data Sources
    - Domain Settings
    - Data Imports
    - Enabling mail settings
      You must configure outbound email in mail settings to schedule an export to an email recipient. The patch report can be sent to multiple email recipients.
    - Notifications
      You can create email notifications using this section.
    - Roles
    - Server Settings
      Configure server settings including HTTP port, SSL, TLS, data retention, and SSL certificate expiry notifications.
      - Enabling TLS 1.2 with SQL Server
        Follow the steps to set up TLS 1.2, which is required for NIST SP800-131 compliance.
      - Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
        Configure and manage SSL certificates for secure communication in BigFix Compliance Analytics.
        Regenerating the SCA SSL Keystore
        Learn how to regenerate the SSL keystore for BigFix Compliance (SCA) when updating the SSL certificate.
        SSL Certificate Expiry Notification
        The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Expiry Notification feature automatically monitors SSL certificate expiration dates and sends email alerts to administrators to prevent service disruptions.
    - Directory Servers
    - Adding a directory server
      To use LDAP, you must first configure a connection to your directory server.
    - Session Settings
      You can change your session settings to specify the session time for a logged in user who is inactive for a certain period and to custom the message on the login page using Markdown text.
    - Single Sign-On (SSO) settings
      This section provides information on the different Single sign-on (SSO) settings.
    - System Options
      Use System Options too add WebUI URL in Compliance's report.
    - Users
    - User Provisioning
    - Integrating users with Web Reports
      You can use the Web Reports component to allow your local Web Reports users to access BigFix Compliance.
    - Account Preferences
  - Security Configuration Reporting
  - Patch Domain
    Learn more about patch domain that share a common patching context. The concept is intergral to organize and manage the patching activities across the diverse environments.
  - Vulnerability Domain
Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content such as checks and checklists, which assess and manage devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
Client Manager for Endpoint Protection
BigFix Compliance CMEP is an effective tool to monitor the deployment and health status of various Endpoint Protection products and provide quick remediation actions to recover needed endpoint protection.
BigFix Client Compliance
This guide describes the BigFix Client Compliance and its solutions (BigFix Client Compliance Configuration and BigFix Client Compliance Windows (IPSec Framework)) which helps in maintaining the compliance status of the computers.
Middleware Application Patching
Middleware Application Patching is an important process for organizations to ensure their systems are secure and up to date. By applying the appropriate patches and security updates, organizations can minimize the risk of malicious attacks and potential data loss. BigFix users can enjoy unified patch management by using a single platform for deploying database and middleware patches.
RBI Compliance User Guide
Discover how the RBI Compliance Report provides a centralized and automated reporting solution for monitoring device and Fixlet compliance.
Technical References
Find technical reference material for BigFix® Compliance components. The topics in this section cover release notes, tool specifications, and version details for Compliance components, including Security Configuration Automation Protocol (SCAP), Security Compliance Analytics (SCA), and related tools.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Compliance software and products.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Configure and manage SSL certificates for secure communication in BigFix Compliance Analytics.

HCL BigFix uses SSL certificates to establish secure and trusted communication between servers, consoles, web applications, scanners, and client endpoints. Proper certificate management is essential for maintaining security, ensuring compliance, and preventing service disruptions. This document describes the SSL certificate management in HCL BigFix environment.

SSL certificate management includes the following tasks:

Certificate Installation: Install SSL certificates to enable secure HTTPS connections.
Keystore Management: Manage the SSL keystore that contains the certificate and private key. For information about regenerating the SSL keystore, see Regenerating the SCA SSL Keystore.
Certificate Monitoring: Monitor SSL certificate expiration dates to prevent service disruptions. For information about automated certificate expiry notifications, see SSL Certificate Expiry Notification.
Certificate Renewal: Renew SSL certificates before they expire to maintain continuous service availability.

For information about server settings related to SSL configuration, see Server Settings.