Schedule periodic executions of the Environment Setup task

This means automating the task at regular intervals to continuously validate and update the compliance status of endpoints. This ensures that compliance checks are consistently performed, logs and results remain up to date, and any deviations or non-compliance issues are promptly identified and addressed.

About this task

  1. From the Security Configuration Domain, go to All Security Configuration > Sites > External sites.
  2. Select a checklist and click Fixlets and Tasks.
  3. In the List panel, find and select the Environment Setup Task.
    Figure 1. Environment Setup Task in CIS Checklist for MacOS 12

    Environment Setup Task in CIS Checklist for MacOS 12
  4. Click Take Action on the Environment Setup Task.
  5. Choose the appropriate endpoints in your environment.
  6. Click the Execution tab.
    Figure 2. Take Action - Execution tab

    Take Action - Execution tab
  7. Configure the Environment Setup Task to run as needed, and click OK.

The Environment Setup Task updates reports in the Security and Compliance Analytics (SCA) console, now called BigFix Compliance Analytics, with the latest results. To ensure up-to-date content, execute this task on the endpoint before performing an import. If automatic daily import is enabled in BigFix Compliance Analytics, additional runs of the Environment Setup Task are unnecessary.

Note: Parameter changes will take effect only after the next execution of the Environment Setup Task.