Security Center release notes

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 2 minutes de lecture

    • The ServiceNow Security Center empowers admins to maintain the highest level of security posture for their ServiceNow deployment with ease. Security Center was enhanced and updated in the Australia release.

    Security Center highlights for the release

    • Use the granular roles to complete administrative configuration tasks for Security Center without requiring the full admin role.
    • Admins can create Security Tasks directly from any Platform Security page using a simple and intuitive chatbot experience within the Now Assist panel.
    • Use the new Identity and Access Management (IAM) section in Security Center to access to critical IAM tools. The new section provides a comprehensive view of security metrics.

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    is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

    New in the release

    Accept risk for hardening settings
    Accept risk for hardening settings that are not applicable to your organization's security requirements. When accepting risk, provide a mandatory justification and review the projected security score impact before saving your decision. The compliance status updates to Accepted Risk and reflects in all security score calculations. Use the Accept Risk Settings filter to quickly identify and manage all accepted risk items across your instance.
    Granular admin role for Security Center
    The granular admin role enables developers and administrators to complete administrative configuration tasks for Security Center without requiring the full admin role.
    Explore Access management console
    Use the new Access Controls console within Security Center to review and remediate access issues and misconfigurations. The Access Controls console provides enhanced visibility and control of your Access Analyzer findings, and streamlines remediation efforts by enabling you to track, prioritize, and resolve access issues by assigning tasks.
    Enhanced IAM Integration in Security Center
    Use the new Identity and Access Management (IAM) section in Security Center to access to critical IAM tools. The new section provides a comprehensive view of security metrics. This integration simplifies the administrative experience by bringing essential IAM functionality directly into Security Center, reducing the need to navigate multiple separate tools.
    Version-based hardening settings
    Security Center now only shows hardening settings that apply to your instance’s family version. This change helps eliminate irrelevant recommendations and provides clearer guidance and a more accurate security experience.

    Changed in this release

    Security Hardening tool Updates
    The security Hardening tool has been updated to the latest Instance Security Hardening Settings V7.

    Activation information

    Security Center is a ServiceNow AI Platform application that is installed by default with the Zurich release. In addition, Security Center can be updated from the ServiceNow Store in between family releases for faster adoption of new features.