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Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
Configuration Management for Console User Guide
Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
Using checks and checklists
Modifying check parameters

Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
- Configuration Management for Console User Guide
  Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
  - Setting up Configuration Management
    Follow these steps to set up your Configuration Management deployment.
  - Using checks and checklists
    - Check Fixlets
    - Modifying check parameters
    - Activating Measured Value Analyses
      Click the Analyses subnode within a checklist to find measured value analyses.
    - Creating and Managing Custom Checklists
    - Using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard
    - Taking a remediation action
  - Configuring Windows checklists
  - Configuring UNIX checklists
    You can configure checklists for the superseded and non-superseded UNIX content.
  - Importing SCAP content
  - Configuration Management Reporting
  - Frequently asked questions
- Security Configuration Management for WebUI User Guide
  Security Configuration Management (SCM) App in WebUI continuously assess and manages the device for security misconfiguration and deviation, which enables operator to deploy remediation action to ensure the device meets compliance standards.

Modifying check parameters

In addition to monitoring compliance status and remediating settings that are out of compliance, you can also modify the parameters used in determining the compliance of the checks. For example, you can set the minimum password length on an endpoint to 14 characters. You can customize the password-length parameter to your specific policy.