Dec 11, 2023

To:             Control Compliance Suite Customers

From:        The Broadcom Control Compliance Suite Product Team

Subject:    General Availability Announcement for Control Compliance Suite - Security Content Update (SCU) 2023-2

On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services.  As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce the general availability of Symantec Control Compliance Suite - Security Content Update (SCU) 2023-2. 

The release packages are available for download from the Broadcom Support Download Center and also at BRCM (Symantec) Live Update Server. 

Release Highlights

New Platform Support:

Compliance assessment support for Amazon Linux 2023 systems:

Added Target Type: Amazon Linux 2023 Machines 

Added Asset group: Amazon Linux 2023 Servers 

Note: The data collection for Amazon Linux is supported in Agentless mode.

Feature Enhancement:

Integration of the LibSSH Third-Party Library for SSH Communication

Security Content Update 2023-2 uses LibSSH third-party library for SSH communication, replacing the PuTTY library. With the integration of LibSSH, the following are the key enhancements:

• RSA Certificate Authentication Support: Certificate-based authentication with RSA key format is now supported, providing seamless compatibility with the latest version of UNIX operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and Ubuntu 22.
  
  
• Certificate Authentication Improvements: Certificate-based authentication is now supported with various types of key formats across different UNIX operating systems.
  
  

Technical Standards Support

Added new technical standards for compliance assessment: To assess the security compliance posture of host machines running various platforms and databases in your environment, the following new technical standards are added in SCU 2023-2:

Windows Platforms

UNIX Platforms

Other changes:

• Upgraded Data collection components to Openssl v3.1.3
• Standards for previous CIS benchmarks are marked as deprecated as latest CIS benchmark standards are added in this release.

Release Notes & Documentation:

Release Notes for SCU 2023-2

Tech Docs portal

NOTE: To view the most recent version of your product documentation, ensure that you log in to the Broadcom Tech Docs portal using your Broadcom account.

We also encourage you to visit the Control Compliance Suite product information page on the Broadcom Support Online website at https://support.broadcom.com/ for more information

If you have any questions or require assistance please contact Broadcom Customer Care online at https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact where you can submit an online request using the Customer Care web form: https://ca-broadcom.wolkenservicedesk.com/web-form?_ga=2.205828371.1432263889.1590607313-713014253.1588711301 .  You can also call Broadcom Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact for the local number in your country. 

Should you need any assistance, our Broadcom Services experts can help.  For more information on Broadcom Services and how you can leverage our experience, please visit https://www.broadcom.com/support/ca/services-support/ca-services.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

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Thank you again for your business.