--- sourceDocument: yokohama Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/yokohama/delta-xanadu-yokohama Release : - yokohama ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - yokohama Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3yx bundleId : - delta3yx --- # Combined Security Center release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama # Combined Security Center release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Yokohama Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 5 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Security Center Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama This consolidated release notes document assists ServiceNow customers in preparing for upgrading Security Center from the Xanadu release family to Yokohama. It summarizes new features, changes, deprecations, and important upgrade information across both release families. The document also highlights activation guidance, additional requirements, and other relevant considerations. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features Introduced Since Xanadu * **Security Event Notifications:** Enables prompt email alerts to designated users when specified user behavior policies are triggered, facilitating rapid remediation. * **Security Posture Dashboards:** Provides graphical widgets and tables to monitor security health metrics (KPIs) for single or multiple instances; dashboards are customizable and clonable. * **Security Banner Announcements:** Allows ServiceNow to display urgent security messages to system administrators within customer instances, including links to detailed information. * **Data Classification Metrics:** Enhances monitoring of sensitive data by showing metrics on data available for classification and classified data distribution by labels. * **Security Center Version 2.0 Hardening Settings:** Introduces new and updated settings focused on minimizing data exposure and enforcing least privilege through ACL restrictions, service portal widget configurations, strict code signing, and role-based app restrictions. Outdated hardening settings have been removed for clarity. * **Improved Security Center Architecture:** Redesigned interface assists administrators in understanding and selecting appropriate Security Center tools for their tasks. ## Key Changes * **Access Control Auditor Suite:** The Auditor Suite in Security Scanner has been streamlined to focus exclusively on access control checks, generating more precise vulnerability findings. * **Workflow Modernization:** Legacy base system workflows have been converted to Flow Designer workflows, improving scalability, maintainability, and ease of troubleshooting with a low-code approach. ## Deprecations * Starting with the Xanadu release, ServiceNow has ended support for Instance Security Center. Customers should refer to the official deprecation process documentation for detailed guidance. ## Upgrade and Activation Guidance * The Security Center v1.5 is installed by default with the Xanadu release family. Version 1.6, which includes significant enhancements, is available via the ServiceNow Store. * There are no additional or changed requirements, browser specifications, accessibility, or localization considerations noted between Xanadu and Yokohama releases. * Pre- and post-upgrade tasks should be reviewed and completed as necessary before upgrading to Yokohama. ## Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers By upgrading from Xanadu to Yokohama, customers gain enhanced tools to efficiently monitor, notify, and improve their security posture across instances. The introduction of refined hardening settings and streamlined access control checks helps reduce attack surfaces and enforce security best practices. Workflow modernization simplifies administration and maintenance of security processes. Additionally, new dashboard capabilities and banner announcements improve visibility and responsiveness to security issues, enabling organizations to maintain robust security governance. Consolidated page of all release notes for Security Center from Xanadu 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 Xanadu 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__8} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Security Event Notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=security-policies&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=scc-sec-posture-dashboard&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=scc-banner&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-classification-security-metrics&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hardening-settings-baseline&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sec-center-v2&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Scan checks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=scan-checks&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sec-center-v2&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Beginning with the ServiceNow AI Platform Xanadu release, ServiceNow will end support for Instance Security Center. For details, see the [Deprecation Process](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0867184) 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home). | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Security Center we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__38} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__44} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. {#dfrn3-securitycenter-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=security-best-practices-manager&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US), [Customer Actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=critical-updates&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US), and [Baseline versions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hardening-settings-baseline&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US), [Security Event Notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=security-policies&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US), and [Data Classification](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-classification-security-metrics&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ]