Learn about new features, changes, improvements, and bug fixes added to cloud-hosted Safetica in 2024.
May 16, 2024
Besides from publicly available cloud features below, we allow on-demand early access to our Data Discovery feature.
If you are interested, do not hesitate to contact product@safetica.com.
⭐ New
- Alerts that let you know in real-time about risky operations (high, medium, low risk).
- License expiration now works for Safetica Cloud Protection.
- Safetica Terms of Service now show up in a pop-up dialog for the first admin that opens Safetica console.
- English alphabetical order of items in filters.
May 9, 2024
⭐ New
- Risk evaluation is now explained in detail either in hover or in the Risk tab of the file detail:
- Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) users and groups are now automatically synced when Microsoft 365 integration is set up.
- In Devices, you can deactivate multiple Safetica Clients at once.
🛠️ Fixed
- Filters for External devices now work as expected. If you added the External device type filter and set one of the following (LPT, COM, Floppy disk ports) values, status 500 was returned.
- Device bulk actions didn't work when a filter was active.
May 2, 2024
⭐ New
- Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) sensitivity labels are now automatically synced when Microsoft 365 integration is set up.
- License expiration is now in effect: when a license expires, Safetica Clients stop working.
🛠️ Fixed
- Bulk actions now work correctly for devices, even when you have active filters.
- Polished a couple of misbehaving and misaligned UI elements.
- You may notice a slightly more blue background, aligned with Safetica's brand colors 💙
April 25, 2024
⭐ New
- Risk evaluation (high, medium, low); possibility to filter (reasoning to be ready next week).
- Alert management - only send alerts from assigned users
- New licenses finalization
- Improved dashboard widgets (bigger digits, followed by text)
- Data destinations - USB, WPD, Bluetooth, etc. have different icons
🛠️ Fixed
- Bigger reports were not generated
- Missing filters in devices
- Partner HUB not working
- Device policies - frontend issue with read-only policies and safe destinations
April 11, 2024
⭐ New
- New URLs: instead of “one”-> “app” e.g., app.safetica.com (redirects are in place).
- External device policies are now available.
- Safetica HUB: Removed Safetica NXT registration button.
- The product is ready for the new Partner System update.
🛠️ Fixed
- Fixed known issue: Safetica Client updates not available from GUI.
- In some environments, policy priorities were duplicated or skipped.
- Fixed button misalignment in edit sections.
April 5, 2024
⭐ New
- External device policies (Backend ready, devices next week).
- Page limit to set to 100 items.
🐞 Known issues
- Safetica Client updates not available from GUI. Fix coming next week.
March 29, 2024
⭐ New
- Reflect new licenses - limit device setting in the cloud.
- Partner System synchronization and API finalization.
March 22, 2024
⭐ New
- Reflect new licenses - license info in the cloud.
- Partner System to HUB - Small API service for our internal system.
March 14, 2024
⭐ New
- Safetica Client deactivation for macOS and Win.
- Categorization from records - clear device cache.
🛠️ Fixed
- Permissions work correctly.
March 7, 2024
⭐ New
- Categorization from records.
- The logo no longer says Safetica ONE, only Safetica.
- In the Device section, you can now bulk-select all devices from the entire organization at once.
- Records have a Classification tab in the detail for files that match a data classification.
- macOS and Win devices report Last signed-in user.
🛠️ Fixed
- File with an MIP label was not blocked by Safetica.
- 3rd party classification and sensitive content classification weren't discovered in files.
- Demo data are now shown correctly.
March 1, 2024
⭐ New
- Behavior section is now visible to all Safetica customers, both on-prem and cloud.
- Sharing of M365 files can be canceled by Safetica admins.
🛠️ Fixed
- Apps and website categories are no longer listed twice.
- Device management permissions now behave as expected.
🚨 Important change for Safetica NXT
- Today we start automatically deleting Safetica NXT trial environments 7 days after they expire.
- This does not affect Safetica ONE environments or non-trial Safetica NXT environments.
This is not a sudden change. We have been saying for a long time that this was happening, but now it really will. The automatic process will replace manual work and free up space and performance, potentially accelerating our releases. The initial deletion will happen on the night of Feb 22/23, and we will be evaluating its impact.
⭐ New
- Improved Safetica HUB experience during Safetica Early Access.
- Safetica HUB sign in page includes a registration link.
- Improved descriptions.
- Added links to resources.
- Hover detail for data classification labels now includes the number of found matches.
- Improved demo data to include sample cloud file operation records.
🛠️ Fixed
- Email records are now processed correctly in the cloud.
- After reinstalling Safetica Client, the device will no longer show up as new.
- When doing changes to data classification rules, the Save button will work as expected.
🚨 Safetica Client: The release triggered an auto-update of Safetica Clients to the latest versions, for both Safetica NXT and Safetica ONE environments.
This was not originally intended but was caused when we released changes related to device identification.
This was not originally intended but was caused when we released changes related to device identification.
February 15, 2024
⭐ New
- Microsoft 365 protection now available the same way as in Safetica hosted on-premises.
- Apps and websites can now be (re)categorized from records.
🛠️ Fixed
- Malformed Safetica URLs will now redirect more reliably.
- Data section view permissions are no longer affected by destination, classification, and categorization permissions.
- Improved behavior or data classification filter.
- Text edits to unify feature naming.
🖥️ Safetica Client versions
- For Windows: 11.2.31
- For macOS: 11.2.35
🚨 Release issues
Today's release took longer than usual, by roughly 1 hour. This was caused by a recent database change. We fixed the issue as soon as possible, and made sure it won't repeat.
February 8, 2024
⭐ New
- Data classification labels are now shown correctly throughout the product.
- When hovering over data classification labels in Data records, classification detail reveals specific matched classification rules.
- New user-friendly filter for data classifications.
- In filers, disabled data classifications are shown as (disabled).
- New Cloud external sharing widget available in Data section.
- Cloud files can be opened as a clickable URLs.
- Cloud file operations performed via the Teams app will include this information in the Application column.
- New permissions allow read-only access to the Devices section.
- Empty-state illustrations added to record tables when they’re empty.
🛠️ Fixed
- Devices no longer report Preparing for installation when, in fact, they are not preparing for installation.
- Classification detail is now correctly shown for files sent as email attachments.
🖥️ Safetica Client versions
- For Windows: 11.2.31
- For macOS: 11.2.35