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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
Creating and Managing Custom Checklists
Customizing content

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
      - Creating custom checklists
        Use this wizard to create custom checklists.
      - Customizing content
    - 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    You can configure checklists for the superseded and non-superseded UNIX content.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
    In previous releases, the primary reporting tools for the Configuration Management solution included the Configuration Management dashboard, Exception Management dashboard, and Web Reports.
  - 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.

Customizing content

Now that you have a custom checklist populated with content copied from external checklists, you can configure your checklist by any of the following means:

Configure check parameters to control remediation
Delete unwanted or unnecessary checks

Note: In Console versions 8.0 and later, subscribing computers to a custom checklist site is handled in the same way as with External checklist subscriptions.