Combined Security Center release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Yokohama

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Security Center release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Vancouver to Yokohama.

Tip:

If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

Important information for upgrading Security Center to Yokohama

Before you upgrade to Yokohama, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

New features

Between your current release family and Yokohama, new features were introduced for Security Center.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Security hardening Use the Hardening tool to ensure that your instance hardening configurations conform with ServiceNow recommendations. Security scanner Use the Scanner tool to scan your instance against a set of security checks to identify misconfigurations and insecure behaviors. Security metrics Use the Metrics tool to monitor over 50 different security events to identify potential security threats and insecure user behaviors. Security learning Use the central repository of security resources that provides complete access to ServiceNow security and compliance documents and portals.
Washington DC	Security Best Practices (new in v1.5) Manage your security best practices from the security best practices home page. You can also view the history of data related to security best practices and apply filters to the Security Best Practices table. Customer Actions View timelines for when your Critical Updates are due so that you can plan and prioritize them. Get clear step-by-step guidance on how to implement Critical Updates within your instance. View logs related to your updates, including comments, instructions, and work notes for each step or update.
Xanadu	Security Event Notifications Receive prompt notifications on user behaviors that you specify with the Security Event Notifications tool. Users that you choose receive email notifications when a policy is triggered, enabling you to promptly remediate issues. Security Posture Dashboards Monitor the security health of all your instances with the Security posture dashboards. The single instance dashboard provides graphical widgets for key security key process indicators (KPIs). The multi-instance dashboard, only available on production instances, shows the same KPIs for all instances in a table format. The dashboards can be cloned and then fully customized. Security banner announcements Prepare for potential future security announcements from ServiceNow using the Security Banner Announcements. This feature enables ServiceNow to trigger new banners in customer instances that are visible to system administrators. These messages inform them of new and urgent potential security issues and include a link to more details. Data Classification Monitor your sensitive data with the Data Classification metrics in the Security Metrics tool. Updates to the tool include two new metrics. Classifiable Data metrics displays the amount of data that is available for classification and what portion has been already classified. The Classified Data metrics displays the breakdown of the classified data across your classification labels. Security Center version 2.0 introduces a new set of hardening settings Security Center version 2.0, introduced in the November store release, includes several new hardening settings, updates to existing ones, and the removal of some unnecessary settings. The new hardening settings come with recommended configurations to restrict access control lists (ACLs) for human resources apps, minimizing data exposure and enforcing the principle of least privilege. Additional settings help configure service portal widgets to reduce sensitive data exposure in tables, enforce strict code signing, and set role-based restrictions on apps. Several technical configuration names and descriptions have been updated for clarity, and outdated hardening settings have been removed. Improved Security Center architecture The Security Center has been redesigned to help admins understand what tasks they can accomplish with Security Center and to pick the right tools for their tasks.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Changes

Between your current release family and Yokohama, some changes were made to existing Security Center features.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	Hardening settings baseline Baseline v2.0 is new in the Washington DC (v1.3). Baseline v4.0 is new in the May Store release (v1.5). New baselines include new, updated, and removed hardening settings.
Xanadu	Scan checks Schedule security scans with the updated Auditor Suite to monitor access control configurations in the Security Scanner tool. The Auditor Scan suite has been streamlined to contain only access control checks and renamed to Access Control Auditor Suite. The updated access control checks generate a smaller, more focused number of findings that reflect potential security vulnerabilities according to ServiceNow security experts. Legacy workflows have been converted to Flow Designer workflows Legacy base system Workflows have been converted to modern Flow Designer workflows to standardize ServiceNow flows onto the modern technology. The updated low-code flows are designed to be more scalable and make updating and troubleshooting easier.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Removed

Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Security Center features or functionality were removed.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Security Center features or functionality were deprecated.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Beginning with the ServiceNow AI Platform Xanadu release, ServiceNow will end support for Instance Security Center. For details, see the Deprecation Process article (KB 0867184) in the Now Support Knowledge Base.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Security Center.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Security Center is a ServiceNow AI Platform application that is active by default.
Washington DC	Security Center is a store release and must be installed from the ServiceNow store.
Xanadu	Security Center v1.5 is installed by default with the Xanadu family release. Version 1.6 provides significant enhancements. To get Security Center v1,6, visit the ServiceNow store.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Security Center we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Security Center we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Security Center, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Security Center we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Security Center we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Gain visibility into the security posture of your instance and conform with recommended security standards. Includes hardening setting recommendations, security event trends, and recommended security checks to scan your instance against. Schedule security scans to identify misconfigurations and be notified when security events exceed custom thresholds. Create custom security checks and security scans to comply with regulations and security audits. Access all security and compliance-related documents and portals.
Washington DC	Use Security Best Practices to identify and implement security best practices available in the feature. Use the new Critical Updates tool to implement system suggested updates. Use the enhanced Security Hardening tool, which implements the new Instance Security Hardening Setting Baseline version 2.0 (Security Center 1.3) and version 4.0 (Security Center 1.5). See Security Best Practices, Customer Actions, and Hardening settings baseline for more information.
Xanadu	Receive prompt notifications for user behaviors that you specify with the Security Event Notifications tool. Monitor the security health of all your instances and take rapid action using the new Security posture dashboards. Be prepared for potential future security announcements from ServiceNow with Security Banner Announcement capabilities. Schedule security scans with the updated Auditor Suite to monitor access control configurations in the Security Scanner tool. Use the improved Security Center version 2.0 hardening tool to minimize data exposure within your instance. See Security Best Practices, Customer Actions, and Baseline versions, Security Event Notifications, and Data Classification for more information.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.