Tenable Audits Being Retired

Summary

With the release of alternative guidance by CIS, DISA and product vendors or the End of Life (EOL) of some products, a number of Tenable audits are being retired. Where applicable, a suggested replacement audit has been noted.

Removed Tenable Audits

• Database - CIS MySQL 4.1/5.1 L1 v1.0.2
  • Replacement - CIS MySQL 5.6 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  No longer published by CIS
• Unix - CIS Apple OSX 10.5 Leopard v1.0.0
  • Replacement - CIS Apple OSX 10.8 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  No longer published by CIS
• Unix - CIS Apple OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard v1.0.0
  • Replacement - CIS Apple OSX 10.8 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  No longer published by CIS  
• Unix - DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.5 v1r2
  • Replacement - DISA Apple Mac OSX 10.12 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Unix - DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.6 v1r3 - Sunset by DISA
  • Replacement - DISA Apple Mac OSX 10.12 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA   
• Unix - DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.9 v1r2 - Sunset by DISA
  • Replacement - DISA Apple Mac OSX 10.12 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Unix - DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.10 v1r5 - Sunset by DISA
  • Replacement - DISA Apple Mac OSX 10.12 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Unix - DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.11 v1r6 - Sunset by DISA
  • Replacement - DISA Apple Mac OSX 10.12 and newer
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Unix - DISA STIG Java JRE 6 v1r4
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Unix - DISA STIG Java JRE 7 v1r4 - Sunset by DISA
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Windows - CIS Windows 2008 Enterprise v1.2.0
  • Replacement - CIS Windows Server 2012 and later
• Windows - CIS Windows 2008 SSLF v1.2.0
  • Replacement - CIS Windows Server 2012 and later
• Windows - CIS MS Office 2007 v1.1.0 L1
  • Replacement - CIS Microsoft Office 2016 and later
• Windows - CIS Microsoft Office 2013 v1.1.0
  • Replacement - CIS Microsoft Office 2016 and later
• Windows - CIS Windows 2003 DC v3.1.0
  • Replacement - CIS Windows Server 2012 and later
• Windows - CIS Windows 2003 MS v3.1.0
  • Replacement - CIS Windows Server 2012 and later
• Windows - CIS Windows XP v3.1
  • Replacement - CIS Windows 10 and later
• Windows - CIS IIS 6.0 v1.0.0
  • Replacement - CIS IIS 10 and later
• Windows - CIS Exchange 2007 Enterprise Edge Transport 1.1.0
  • Replacement - CIS Exchange 2013 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 EC Domain
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 EC Domain Controller
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 EC Member Server
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Domain Controller
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Member Server
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 SSLF Domain
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 SSLF Domain Controller
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 2008 R2 SSLF Member Server
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 7 EC Desktop
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows 10 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 7 EC Domain
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows 10 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 7 EC Laptop
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows 10 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 7 SSLF Desktop
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows 10 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 7 SSLF Domain
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows 10 and later
• Windows - MSCM V1.0 Windows 7 SSLF Laptop
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows 10 and later
• Windows - MSCM V3.0 Windows Member Server 2012
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V3.0 Windows Server 2012 DC
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - MSCM V3.0 Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
  • Replacement - MSCT Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Windows - DISA STIG Java JRE 6 Windows 7 v1r4
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Windows - DISA STIG Java JRE 6 for Windows XP v1r4
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA
• Windows - DISA STIG Java JRE 7 for Windows 7 v1r4
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA 
• Windows - DISA STIG Java JRE 7 for Windows XP v1r4
  • Reason for removal -  Sunset by DISA 

Removed Utility Audits:

• Windows - BSI-100-2 Windows 2005
• Windows - Kaspersky Anti-Virus
• Windows - Windows Nessus Installation Check
• Unix - OWASP PHP Best Practice

Moving to the Tenable GitHub Audit Files Repository (https://github.com/tenable/audit_files):

• Unix - unix_approved_software_rpm.audit
• Windows - financial_microsoft_windows_os_audit_guideline.audit
• Windows - financial_microsoft_windows_user_audit_guideline.audit
• Windows - financial_user_group_microsoft_windows_os_access_control_guideline.audit
• Windows - healthcare_microsoft_windows_access_control_guideline.audit
• Windows - healthcare_microsoft_windows_access_control_guideline_v2.audit
• Windows - healthcare_microsoft_windows_user_audit_guideline.audit
• Windows - healthcare_microsoft_windows_user_audit_guideline_v2.audit
• Windows - viral_file.audit
• Windows - viral_process.audit
• Windows - viral_registry.audit
• Windows - windows_approved_software.audit
• Windows - Windows_Firewall_Enabled.audit

Target Release Date

05 April 2021

Additional Notes:

As with any new audit or significant update, the items tested may vary and the results of a scan could be very different. We urge customers to always review and understand the contents of any new audit files before they are implemented in a scan.

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