What's new in Safetica NXT

We've moved our release notes starting March 16th, 2023.
The latest information can be found at https://nxt-community.safetica.com/changelog.

Older release notes:

March 9, 2023

March 2, 2023

February 23, 2023

February 16, 2023

February 9, 2023

February 2, 2023

January 26, 2023

January 19, 2023

January 13, 2023

January 6, 2023

Release date March 9, 2023

This release brings small feature changes and bug fixes. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The Shadow IT section now emphasizes the sensitivity of info displayed in the Personal usage tab.
  • The TRIAL subscription offers another way to send us feedback. After a certain period of use, Safetica NXT will display a short satisfaction survey.


Release date March 2, 2023

This release brings important improvement in the investigation of Shadow IT activities thanks to new widgets. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The Shadow IT section provides a better view of detected activities thanks to redesigned widgets and the updated look and feel of the whole section. You can see the ratio between risky and not risky activities as well as info about newly detected activities.

BUG fixes

  • UX fix - lost focus in the sidebar menu in Data security > All events
  • Duplicated records in AppsWebsLabelAppMonitorLog
  • Slow evaluation of app/website labels for big customers
  • UX fix - background was too dark when the guided tour was active

 

Release date February 23, 2023

This release brings the first version of Active Directory integration and major improvements in Shadow IT.  Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The content of the Shadow IT section was reorganized to simplify the admin's job during Shadow IT management and to exclude users' personal activities from the main focus. The new structure is divided into two tabs:
    • Company activities: The main view displayed by default. It shows core activities requiring primary focus by the admin, i.e. applications and websites with significant usage.
    • Personal activities: Activities not directly tied to the company's business. These might include users' personal activities bound by personal privacy controls which should be approached with caution.
  • The Dashboard section has a new tile representing changes in Shadow IT for the given time period.
  • In Settings, you can connect the company Azure Active Directory (AAD) with Safetica NXT and gain info about all domain users and user groups. 
  • Safetica NXT provides complete info from smart analysis inside the risk reason tooltip. It shows the results from all evaluated sections
  • Analysis of event records is simplified thanks to redesigned icons for the most common file types.  

BUG fixes
  • Export from the report was without data

Release date February 16, 2023

This release brings UX improvements to Safetica NXT and Safetica HUB.  Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • A partner can switch between available customers' environments using the customer name in the header of the page. This allows them to maintain all available environments without having to access the Safetica HUB.
  • Safetica NXT automatically removes the NEW status from an app or website activity when the user manually changes the risk status. This way, the admin can easily recognize which new additions were categorized and still require attention.
Safetica HUB
  • You can access particular HUB identities faster thanks to added search.  
  • Customer environments are now deployed faster thanks to pre-built environments that are always ready in the background and can quickly meet requests from the Safetica HUB or when registering a TRIAL on Safetica website.

BUG fixes

  • Text overflow in Safetica HUB
  • Data Security > Risk level column - filter was missing the LOW option
  • Data Security > Risk level - column wasn't sorted correctly

Release date February 9, 2023

This release brings improvement in macOS data audit - we added partial support for the email channel.  Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • Safetica NXT is newly able to audit email channel on macOS, but it is limited to the native macOS email app. Safetica detects when the extension that allows the audit is missing and informs the admin about this in the Devices section with a tooltip and a knowledge base article in the device detail.


BUG fixes

  • Safetica NXT showed a wrong policy name in the Delete policy dialog
  • Extending TRIAL in Safetica HUB did not change "TRIAL days remaining" in the page header
  • The data in the Data table were not loading
  • Missing string in email alert

 

Release date February 2, 2023

This release brings the Security Audit Report to all NXT console users. We also made major changes to section naming 😆Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The Applications and websites section was renamed to Shadow IT to emphasize its primary goal and value. The admin can easily audit the software catalog of the company and maintain information about unwanted applications or websites. Thanks to our smart analysis and automated risk detection, this becomes a super-easy job 👍
  • The Workspace section was renamed to Destinations to emphasize its main goal. The admin can easily organize all data destinations as either safe or untrusted, optimize automated risk categorization processes, or scale custom protection policies. 
  • Users can generate the Security Audit Report right in the Safetica NXT console in the Dashboard section. The report has identical design and content as the Security Audit Report available in the Safetica HUB. It shows info from a predefined time period which is 30 days.
     
  • In the Shadow IT section, website activities on untrsutred or safe destinations are marked with an icon.

BUG fixes

  • Autorefresh stopped working after the first error
  • Export merged data with previously generated exports

 

Release date January 26, 2023

This release brings small feature improvements and bug fixes. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The Applications and websites section newly rounds the Activity time to hours to present activity data more sensitively with regards to audited users.
Safetica HUB
  • The partner can extend an expiring TRIAL subscription by up to 90 days from the date of activation in 10-day intervals. 

BUG fixes

  • Too many redundant logs were created during deleting/editing OneDrive documents
  • GUI update: A small window in the guided tour
  • Copy update: Wrong name of a predefined data classification

Release date January 19, 2023

This release brings new default data classifications aimed at regulatory compliance 😀 Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The Data classification section has been updated and now provides:
    • A new set of predefined data classifications aimed at the most common regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.)
    • Update of existing predefined data classifications (Personal, Healthcare, Finance)
    • New rules in the library -> we have over 300 templates available at the moment across 65 countries

  • Safetica NXT automatically detects categories of risky applications or websites (Encrypted messaging, FTP clients, Screenshots capture, SSH clients, P2P file sharing)
  • The User behavior section shows the number of suspicious events in the main table to emphasize user behavior anomalies. Click the value to retrieve detailed information.
  • Safetica NXT shows the last user of every detected USB destination in the Workspace section to help the admin assign the destination either as untrusted or as safe faster.

 

Release date January 13, 2023

This release brings two important features in Safetica HUB related to subscription management 👍 Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • Admin newly gets info about the size of the email body and can, therefore, better evaluate potential risks related to emails.
Safetica HUB
  • Partners can pay for subscriptions via credit card in the Billing section. 
  • Partners can extend the TRIAL expiration date in customer detail. The date can be updated 2 days before TRIAL expiration and repeatedly extended by 10 days. The maximum allowed TRIAL expiration limit is 40 days from the date of activation.

BUG fixes

  • Could not deactivate Guide mode when collecting logs for an endpoint
  • Data in User behavior were not loaded

 

Release date January 6, 2023

This release brings nice improvements in the Data security area 👍 Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • The event detail newly contains the file name. You can also quickly filter the file's whole history.
  • Safetica NXT newly shows all files inside an incident (i.e.high or medium risk event). This helps the admin to better evaluate the incident as a whole a decide on the actual risk level and next steps.
  • For events with destination type Email, Safetica NXT shows email subjects in the File column of the Event overview table.
  • Safetica NXT allows the admin to quickly gain information about risky applications or websites which had an impact on user risk.

 

Safetica HUB

  • The info in customer detail is now separated into two tabs:
    • Information about the customer
    • Information about subscription 

Release date December 20, 2022

This release brings significant updates to Applications and websites section allowing risk classification of detected activities. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • The data definition library has been updated with 28 new templates aimed at LATAM, South African, and Malaysian regions. We have also unified the naming of all available templates to speed up navigation.
  • Quickly access specific parts of an event detail by clicking the different parts of the main table:
    • Clicking the number of files in an aggregated event opens the All files tab.
    • Clicking the sensitivity label opens the Sensitive data tab.
       
  • Get additional info about web and app activities that were automatically detected as risky via tooltips shown on hover.
  • Web and app activities are now taken into account when calculating user risk.
  • Manually reclassify the risk of a selected web or app activity to optimize the calculation of user risk.
BUG fixes
  • Incorrect texts for risk classification in Czech language
  • Issue with repeated navigation into Data security
  • Content formatting issues in the Customer overview table (HUB)
  • Deleted risky activity label increased user risk

 

Release date December 8, 2022

This release brings a new version of the Definition library in Data classification. Enjoy all our available classification templates and create/update category settings much faster. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT

  • Data classification received a new version of the Definition library with improved UI and filtering

Release date December 1, 2022

This release brings small UX improvements and BUG fixes. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

Safetica NXT
  • The Applications and websites section allows easy filtering of risky activities via the subheader. 
  • User behavior details detect regular activity time more accurately. The result more accurately represents the user's activity period within the secured company perimeter.

BUG fixes

    • Workspace - Broken design for destinations without detected events in last 30 days 
    • Workspace - Incomplete destination names & missing tooltip
    • Email alert - Info about the white-listing predefined policy is shown in email alerts
    • User behavior - Regular activity period not recalculated correctly

 

Release date November 24, 2022

This release brings a very handy improvement to the Dashboard section aimed at helping with environment configuration. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • You will newly find configuration tips and recommendations in the Dashboard section. Currently, there are simple tips for recommended settings that help you fully utilize Safetica NXT value. We will continually enhance this widget and bring many additional recommendations related to more complex settings and optimizations.
    • The Workspace section indicates which destinations were assigned to safe workspace manually and which automatically.
    • The Applications and websites section provides information about detected website and application activities which are considered risky. The risk classification is done automatically with the help of a hidden classification process. 
  • Safetica HUB

BUG fixes

    • Broken size of the filter panel

 

Release date November 10, 2022

This release brings small user experience improvements and bug fixes.  Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • Investigate detected website activities in the Applications and Websites section by clicking the domain name. The website is open in a new tab.
    • Investigate detected website activities in the User behavior section by clicking the domain name. The website is open in a new tab.


BUG fixes

    • The web domain uschovna.cz was getting recommended as a safe destination in the Workspace
    • Safetica HUB showed errors during sorting data by the Enrolled endpoints column
    • The system sets a wrong time filter after accessing the Data security section through the Dashboard
    • The system offered the audit report in a broken file format

 

Release date November 3, 2022

This release enhances Safetica NXT protection & response capabilities. You can now apply protection policies to screenshots and clipboard. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • You can now create protection policies aimed at blocking transfers of sensitive data via clipboards or screenshots.
    • Gets information about newly detected website or application activities in the Applications and websites section.
    • Safetica NXT now indicates the number of uncofirmed high-risk incidents and problematic endpoints via badge icons in the sidebar.  They remind you that there are unfinished critical tasks to manage.
    • You can open/close the detail of any record in the Event overview table and Endpoint overview table more easily with a single click anywhere in the row.  
    • Easily filter out all unconfirmed high-risk events via the sub-header in the Data security section to quickly reach unfinished incidents.
  • Safetica HUB
    • You can open/close detail of any record in the Customer overview table more easily with a single click anywhere in the row. 

BUG fixes

    • The tooltips in the Event overview table were  not centred properly when a column was resized
    • The audit report in Safetica HUB was downloaded after each click on the detail
    • Missing risk level icons in the User Behavior section
    • MacOS Ventura browser did not send logs
    • Safetica agent downloaded .NET 5 even though .NET 6 is required
    • Wrong risk icons after sorting data in the Users behavior section

Release date October 28, 2022

This release brings an important boost to Data classification in the form of a Library with hundreds of predefined definition templates describing sensitive data in over 50 different countries. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • Easily create new data categories aimed at specific data or countries with help of a definition library with hunters of predefined templates.
    • Safetica NXT is now localized into three more languages: Spanish, French, and Czech.
    • You can now deactivate Safetica Client on a macOS endpoint.
    • Learn how to deploy the Safetica Client remotely with a new Knowledge Base article linked to the installer download window.
  • Safetica HUB
    • Safetica HUB is now localized into three more languages: Spanish, French, and Czech.

BUG fixes

  • Inconsistency between applied policy and sensitivity in the DEMO data
  • Missing risk level icons in the User behavior section
  • Problem with saving changes in a predefined data category

Release date October 20, 2022

This release brings an update to Data classification - we added four new regionally-aimed data categories with hundreds of data definitions that will help you improve the accuracy of sensitive content detection. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • Leverage four new predefined data categories to improve the accuracy of data classification in specific regions. The new data categories contain hundreds of data definitions with specific regional settings and keywords in local languages.
    • Classify & maintain Untrusted destinations in Workspace more simply thanks to updated design with clearly visible Untrusted area. 
    • Leverage easy-to-use navigation in Safetica NXT with a clear separation of Analyze and Manage sections. All main control settings are now easy to reach from the top-level navigation.

BUG fixes

  • Sensitive data tooltip in the Event overview table was displayed for the hidden labels
  • Event details didn't retain fixed height
  • Corrected text in the toaster for transfers into Untrusted workspace
  • Corrected regex in Taiwanese National Identification Card
  • Corrected missing translations in Polish and Portuguese (Brazil)

 

Release date October 13, 2022

This release introduces the Application and website section and brings improved results in user behavior analysis. This is an important milestone and prerequisite for our future plans in insider threat detection and user behavior analysis. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • Get better insight into your workspace and the ability to audit app and web activities in the Application and websites section. 
    • Get additional info about the total activity time for every audited user. The value is calculated from the application and web auditing section.
    • Better analyze user behavior (detect total activity time and anomalies) with the help of additional info from app and web auditing -> Info about the top five detected activities and total activity time.


 

Release date September 29, 2022

This release brings an important value boost to data protection - support for the Printer destination type. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • You can now configure the Printer destination type in protection policies, and protect this channel on Windows endpoints.
    • You can enhance sensitive content detection by activating OCR which expands the scope to images, such as photos and scanned documents. 
    • We updated the design (look & feel) of user behavior detail:
      • Detected anomalies are more visible
      • All used colors (grey, blue) are used correctly as per the context
      • The chart shows the legend
    • You can read the risk reasons in export files more easily thanks to an updated design.
    • You get info about unconfirmed high-risk incidents (not about all detected high-risk incidents) on the Dashboard. This way, you are made aware about the volume of remaining incidents which still require analysis and confirmation.
    • The system automatically forces an update to all endpoints with significantly out-of-date Safetica Client:
      • MS Windows -> Minimum allowed version is 10.1
      • macOS -> Minimum allowed version is 10.3

BUG fixes

  • Inaccurate indication of endpoint status Doesn't send data in case of the sleep mode
  • Missing information in the knowledge base related to macOS endpoints and MDM 

Release date September 22, 2022

This release brings an important value boost to event details in the Data security section. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • Get detailed info about content analysis results for any detected sensitive data. The results include:
      • Info about the total number of occurrences
      • Info about matched data conditions
      • Info about detected keywords
    • You can easily investigate events with the help of new charts in Data security > Overview > All data tab. 

Release date September 15, 2022

This release brings enhancements to data classification, namely to advanced sensitive data settings - you can now add custom file extensions. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • You can enhance content analysis by adding custom file extensions which will allow Safetica to look for sensitive data in such files on top of the recommended set which is used by default.
    • We added a new type of action to handle detected high-risk incidents. You can now confirm detected incidents as truly high-risk.
    • Quickly filter all endpoints with issues via a quick link.
    • Protect instant messengers on macOS endpoints via custom protection policies thanks to the latest version of the Safetica client v10.3.11.

BUG fixes

  • When the user deactivates a data category, all other associated data categories in the policy are removed

 

Release date September 8, 2022

This release brings updates to data audit by adding the Printer destination type. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • Data security section newly provides information about data flow via the Printer destination type. 
    • Safetia NXT was localized into two languages: Polish and Portuguese (Brazil)
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  • Safetica HUB
    • Safetia HUB was localized into two languages: Polish and Portuguese (Brazil)

BUG fixes

  • Tabs in Workspace are now in line with timeframe info
  • The spinner was not displayed while the grid was loading in the Safetica HUB > Customers
  • Email alert didn't contain rare channel usage reason
  • When a regex was added to a data category, the previously unsaved definitions were lost

Release date September 1, 2022

This release brings an important change into the templatization -> New built-in data category and protection policy aimed at high-volume leaks. Feel free to check out future updates in our Public roadmap.

What's new

  • Safetica NXT
    • We have a new pre-defined data category and protection policy aimed at high-volume data leaks. The data category combines various definitions from personal and finance areas. If detected, it activates a newly designed protection policy that notifies users about possible high-volume incidents.
  • Safetica HUB
    • Partners who are regularly billed by Safetica for deployed FULL subscriptions can manage current and historic info (such as invoices/reports) in the new Billing section.

BUG fixes

  • Missing hit count values for active data categories in the Sensitive data section
  • Security Audit Report - minor fixes in content