SafeConsole 5.9.6 (5.9.6.136) Released February 25th, 2025


 Availability:

  • SafeConsole Cloud 

    • Cloud customers potentially affected by the device SSL issue, with devices acquired/registered before the cut-off date October 31, 2019, will remain on v5.9.5 until they have confirmed that they have completed the steps to prepare device SSL  and are ready to be updated.

  • SafeConsole On-Prem

    • On-Premise customers potentially affected by the device SSL issue, with devices acquired/registered prior to the release of SafeConsole version 5.5.0.7 (released October 31, 2019), must complete the steps to prepare device SSL before updating. 


Changes/Fixes:

  • Log Improvements

    • Global Caching: Improved performance and integrity of logs, when handling heavy volume.

    • Faster loading of audit logs: The audit log page now loads faster by using a default log data range. The 'When' column now defaults to a 2-week range.

    • Enhanced search performance: The search is now more responsive, with a 5000-record limit for log searches in the UI and API. Users will be notified in the result bar if the search exceeds 5000 records. This also applies to the amount of records that are able to be exported via CSV or API calls.


  • Deprecated policies

These policies have been deprecated in the device software due to very low utilization and are being phased out for customers who are not using them:

  • Control Panel Application List - deprecated since device software version 6.7 (released August 23, 2023).

  • Authorized Autorun - deprecated since device software version 6.3.1 (released April 20, 2020).

  • Publisher- deprecated since device software version 6.3.1 (released April 20, 2020)

    Phased policy deactivation: Active policies for existing customers will continue to function as expected. However, once disabled, they will be removed and cannot be re-enabled. A confirmation message will be displayed to the user. New customers will not see the phased-out policies in their Policy Editor.


  • Library Updates

    • Updated various libraries to the latest versions, including JQuery.


Notable Bug Fixes:

  • Login timeout issue when another SafeConsole tab remains idle, forcing user to login again

  • Custom fields are not visible for deleted devices in the trash bin  

  • Conflict when an existing user’s email address is reused in a new user profile 

  • Incorrect user details displayed for users with similar names 


SafeConsole 5.9.6 (5.9.6.126) Released September 9, 2024

Availability:

  • SafeConsole Cloud 

  • SafeConsole On-Prem


Note:

  • For devices acquired or registered to SafeConsole Cloud prior to October 31, 2019, or to SafeConsole On-Premise prior to the installation of version 5.5.0.7, admins will need to take additional steps to prepare device SSL. 



Changes/Fixes:

  • On-prem includes all changes from 5.9.6.108 cloud release

  • R7G Optimized SQL queries

  • GeoIP location performance improvements


Bug Fixes:

  • On-prem, air-gapped: unable to setup owner account

  • Cannot register an endpoint when Endpoint audit logs are disabled 

  • 'Failed to Send Email' error while sending an SMTP verification email.

SafeConsole 5.9.6 (5.9.6.108) Cloud-Only Released August 5, 2024

Availability:

  • SafeConsole Cloud 

    • SafeConsole servers with devices acquired/registered before October 31, 2019 are updated in a separate rollout following the first main phase. 


Changes/Fixes:

  • SafeConsole Lib Update

    • Tomcat and JDK

    • angular.js 

    • Amazon AWS sdk 

    • Twilio 

    • Eclipse JDT Compiler 

  • Updated cloud

    • MySQL8

    • Alpine

    • OpenSSL


  • Various database performance improvements 


  • Improved logs

    • Implemented wildcard searches in User Audit Logs table

      • Added wildcard search for OS, login, email and IP columns (asterisk not needed)

  • Removed flag icons from log entries 

  • Removed ‘Include debug logs’ option for SIEM Falcon LogScale

  • Added new event for pb_repeat_event - displayed as Suspiciously Recurrent Event


  • API Changes

    • The device_list and find_safesticks no longer return geolocation information.

  • Removed Reports tab in favor of improved Audit Log views, export capabilities, and SIEM integrations.


  • Added a Server Setting to Release inactive PortBlocker seats in bulk


  • Phasing out SMS Two Factor Authentication

    • Option is removed in accounts with no SMS 2FA set up

    • Option remains available with a warning if SMS 2FA is set up for at least one user. Once SMS 2FA is removed from all users, the entire SMS 2FA option will be automatically hidden


  • Changed default AV url to https

    • Applies to new SafeConsole servers only

  • Manage - Policies - OU Statistics are now hidden by default

    • Users, Drivers, PortBlocker columns in the Manage - Policies table are now hidden by default. To show the columns, click Options and uncheck Hide OU Statistics checkbox


  • Various bug fixes to improve user interface and overall stability


SafeConsole 5.9.5 Hotfix (5.9.5.232) - Released May 21, 2024

Availability:

  • SafeConsole Cloud 

  • SafeConsole On-Premise


Changes/Fixes:


  • Fixed an issue when updating expired certificates
  • Improved database performance 
  • No longer hiding the “Disable users from resetting device” for trial users
  • Fixed various AD sync issues
  • MySQL 8 support

            *Requires enabling “legacy authentication method”*


SafeConsole 5.9.5 (5.9.5.109) Released September 6, 2023

Availability:

  • SafeConsole Cloud 

  • SafeConsole On-Premise

New Features/Changes:

  • Improved visibility of important events in the audit logs. A new Priority column has been added in the Audit Logs tables to help prioritize which User Audit or System events should be visible first.


  • SIEM integration updates

  • Deprecating SIEM types Graylog and Common Socket

  • API logging improvements

  • PortBlocker policy changes - removed Language and Auto-Update options

  • Improvements on Password Policy suggestions to emphasis current best practices - phasing out the Strong Password option to support the new NIST Special Publication 800-63B (2017).


  • Message improvements on 2FA sign-up page

  • Translation improvements

  • Device storage size is displayed in GB instead of KB in downloaded .csv

  • Added support for devices that are soon to be released.

  • Policy table - Users, Drives, PortBlocker columns hidden in simplified view


Fixes:

  • Unicode: Fixed issue where the Unicode character encoding is shown instead of the actual Unicode.

  • Multiple PortBlocker policy filter improvements

  • Editing admin properties removed ADMINISTRATOR role

  • Cannot change Admin Roles

  • Remote Password Reset - support email length

  • Multiple bug fixes, performance, stability and security improvements

SafeConsole 5.9.4 Hotfix (5.9.4.138) - Released February 21, 2023

Availability: cloud, on-prem


New Changes:

  • Custom Info export into .CSV/.xml file

    • Custom Info fields are now included in exported.csv/.xml device_export_listlog


Bug Fixes:

  • Device and admin log exports are now showing custom serial numbers

  • User Audit Logs can be filtered by email

  • Email address is saved in lowercase in Manage -> Drivers and User sections

  • User roles with disabled ‘Read server properties’ permission ,such as Support role, can view PortBlocker device list in the policy

  • Resolved an issue where the API tab was being displayed for SSO users. The tab has been hidden now.

  • On-Prem using MSSQL Server - resolved several issues: 

    • User details and device profile load properly

    • Disabled devices can be re-enabled

    • Able to search for the device serial number



SafeConsole 5.9.4 Hotfix (5.9.4.109) - Released November 15th, 2022

*SafeConsole OnPrem Release (5.9.4.115) - Released November 18th, 2022


New Changes

  • Added Server Settings - Device List Limit option. Controls Device List items to show in PortBlocker policy
  • Added server logs for:
    • Changing custom roles
    • Changing geolocations settings
    • Emailing user guide from User Details page
    • Adding or modifying OU entry from Policies section
    • Adding or modifying custom entry from PortBlocker section


Bug Fixes

  • Resolved an issue where certain users were not able to complete two-factor authentication setup, finish forced password change or expired password change
  • Improved loading the policy table in on-prem servers with a high number of OU paths
  • Resolved various custom role issues:
    • Add, Modify, Delete Device
    • OU-specific permissions access
  • Inherit policies are correctly labeled when a custom policy is created (on-prem fix only)


SafeConsole 5.9.4 Hotfix (5.9.4.87) - Released September 28th, 2022

Security Fixes:

  • Fixed the authentication process for API Tokens (Requires new API Tokens to be generated)
  • System Message log events will show when new API Tokens are created and deleted.
  • A new toggle in Server Settings allows the owner account to disable and delete all API access on the server.
  • Prevent the generation of new API keys from the API interface.


SafeConsole 5.9.4 - Released July 11th, 2022

New Changes and Improvements:

  • New users can be added from Manage > Users > Add New User button
  • Added policy option "Disable users from resetting device" for K350 and DL4 (requires client v6.6+)
  • Added password policy option to support special characters for K350
  • Added auto-update support for Sentry 3 FIPS and Kingston DT4000G2DM (requires client v6.5.2+)
  • Added actions menu on factory reset devices
  • Improved user .csv import
  • Custom Device Information can be filtered/sorted in "Show Custom Fields" column in Manage > Drives  


Security Fixes:

  • log4j library upgrades


Bug Fixes: 

  • Email ID is now displayed in the user_log.csv file

  • Export as XML now works correctly in Admins and Users section

  • Log exports from the log_export API are now showing correctly in the .csv file

  • Custom Device Information is now displayed correctly in the Drive Details dialog and in the "Show Custom Fields" columns in Manage > Drives

  • Improved error message, "There was a problem connecting to server..." when adding new user with existing username to accurately show "Existing user with this username already exists. Please verify and try again".

  • Other bug fixes and changes for enhanced improvement and performance


SafeConsole 5.9.3 Hotfix-2 (5.9.3.92) - Released December 10th, 2021

Security Fixes:

  • Updated Log4j2 Library to 2.15 to mitigate CVE-2021-44228

SafeConsole On-premise customers should update their SafeConsole installations immediately.


SafeConsole 5.9.3 Hotfix-1 (5.9.3.87) - Released December 2nd, 2021

Fixes:

  • Fixed bug in Licensing system


SafeConsole 5.9.3 - Released November 30, 2021

***NOTE***

For best practices, we recommend that Admins create a meaningful custom role name that lines up with your SSO App templates.  


I.E. SC_Administrators (custom role name) -> SC_Administrators (IDP User memberOf field)


New Changes and Improvements:

  • Overall faster response for all areas of the console
  • Audit Log exports now download as stream data


  • PortBlocker Improvements

    • Increased capacity for PortBlocker policies

    • New Device List Import system to import and approve SafeConsoleReady devices

    • New Dynamic Computer Name system to sync PortBlocker IDs to workstation names


  • Security Enhancements
    • Single-Sign-On improvements
    • Web and API Token improvements (note: new API Tokens will need to be regenerated)

Fixes and Other Changes:

  • Changes in the license system to support the new Starter Plan
  • UI improvements and enhancements 


SafeConsole 5.9.2 Hotfix-1 (5.9.2.23) - Released October 15th, 2021

Fixes:

  • Bug fixes and improvements


SafeConsole 5.9.2 - Released August 16, 2021


New Changes and Improvements:

  • Multiple actions to be scheduled in Scheduled Actions.
  • Improved performance for Device Software Updates using Payload-Only Updates.
  • Improved performance for loading Geolocation data in Server Settings.


  • New features for PortBlocker v1.6+

    • New PortBlocker Policy options:

      • Background Stealth Mode: PortBlocker will remaining hidden in the background. The Client UI and Notifications will not be visible.

      • Custom Policy Refresh Interval: Customize the minutes between PortBlocker server policy refreshes.


Fixes:

  • Bug fixes and other changes for enhanced security

SafeConsole 5.9.1 - Released May 11, 2021


New Changes and Improvements:

  • N/A - This release is focused on fixing issues and internal improvements


Fixes:

  • Bug fixes and other changes for enhanced security

SafeConsole 5.9.0 - Released Apr 20, 2021


New Changes and Improvements:

  • Added support for new DataLocker K350
  • Improved Device Auto-Updater Policy and UI
    • Allows SafeConsole Administrator to Approve or Deny updated Device Client versions to be displayed within the Policy.
    • Updates can be saved locally so devices will only need to communicate with SafeConsole server during Auto-Update.
    • Improved layout for additional information regarding each update.
    • Allows Admin to specify Device Client version to be presented to devices from within Policy.
  • User Promote to Group Admin can now be disabled
    • By default, Custom Role-Based Security System allows admins to promote users to Group Admin to administer user(s) and device(s) within their path. This can now be disabled after enabling Custom Role-Based Security System.
  • New features for PortBlocker v1.5+
    • Notifications can now be set to "User Configurable" to allow users to have full control over notification(s).


Fixes:

  • Bug fixes and other changes for enhanced security