--- sourceDocument: zurich Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/zurich/delta-xanadu-zurich Release : - zurich ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - zurich Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3zx bundleId : - delta3zx --- # Combined Access Management release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Zurich # Combined Access Management release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Zurich {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Zurich 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 Access Management Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Zurich This consolidated release notes page guides ServiceNow customers through the Access Management enhancements, changes, and important upgrade tasks spanning from the Xanadu release family through to Zurich. It provides a unified resource to understand new capabilities, security improvements, and administrative controls that improve data access governance and platform security. Show full answer Show less For each release family, the notes clarify whether updates were made and highlight relevant features or changes. Access Management is active by default across all releases. ## Key Features * **Security Data Filters (Yokohama):** Enable fine-grained control over sensitive data by restricting access at the database query level. Filters apply before query execution, preventing unauthorized data exposure regardless of access method. * **Related Record Access (Yokohama):** Enforces ACLs consistently across related tables, ensuring users only access records tied to parent records they are authorized for (e.g., costs linked to projects). * **Machine Identity Access Controls (Zurich):** Allow precise enforcement of data access permissions for integrations via REST or SOAP endpoints, limiting integration access strictly to required resources and enhancing auditability. * **Scripting Governance Tool (Zurich):** Introduces a deny-by-default scripting permission model to improve platform security. Only users with the designated scripting role can write scripts post-upgrade, helping manage scripting privileges effectively. * **Datatype ACLs (Zurich):** Simplify ACL management by enabling a single ACL to control access across all columns of a specific data type, reducing redundant ACL configurations and streamlining access control. ## Key Changes * **Deny-Unless Condition for ACLs (Xanadu):** Adds a new decision type to define precise conditions for granting or denying access, enabling more granular control over data permissions. * **Enhanced ACL Security (Xanadu):** Implements a default deny behavior if ACLs are misconfigured or empty, strengthening overall platform security. * **ACL Query Behavior (Xanadu):** Introduces new query operators to refine access control rules during data retrieval, allowing more tailored query-level security. * **Explicit Roles Behavior Adjustment (Xanadu):** Modifies role assignment behavior related to the internal system role, impacting role management and security contexts. ## Upgrade Considerations and Activation Before upgrading to Zurich, review and complete the recommended pre- and post-upgrade tasks to ensure a smooth transition and proper enforcement of new security features. Access Management remains a core AI Platform feature, enabled by default across all releases from Xanadu through Zurich, requiring no additional activation steps for customers. ## Additional Notes * No features were removed or deprecated between these releases. * No changes were introduced regarding additional requirements, browser compatibility, accessibility, or localization for Access Management during this upgrade path. ## Practical Impact for ServiceNow Customers Upgrading from Xanadu to Zurich empowers customers to enforce more granular, secure, and manageable data access controls across their instance. The introduction of security data filters and related record access helps prevent unauthorized data exposure, while machine identity controls improve integration security. The scripting governance tool and datatype ACLs streamline administrative overhead and enhance security posture. Enhanced ACL decision logic and default deny behaviors provide a stronger foundation for secure access management. By leveraging these improvements, customers can expect tighter data security, better compliance with governance policies, and simplified administration of access controls in their ServiceNow environments. Consolidated page of all release notes for Access Management from Xanadu to Zurich. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Access Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu to Zurich. 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 Access Management to Zurich Before you upgrade to Zurich, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Zurich, new features were introduced for Access Management. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__10} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | [Security data filters](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=security-data-filters&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Security data Filters enable you to control who can access sensitive data by restricting access to authorized users, regardless of how the data is accessed. Security data filters are applied before query execution, ensuring restricted data never leaves the database and prevents data leakage at the query level. Filters integrate into queries for GlideRecordSecure, GlideRecordSandbox, and GlideAggregateSandbox by default. [Related record access](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=related-record-access&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Related record access integrated into the ACL framework enhances access management by enabling administrators to enforce specific ACLs for related tables. This ensures users can only access records in related tables, such as costs, estimations, or tasks, based on their permissions for the parent table, like projects or cases. Combined with broader ACL capabilities, Related record access ensures consistent, granular, and enforceable | | Zurich | [Machine identity access controls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=machine-identity-access-controls&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Enforce fine-grained access to data via REST or SOAP endpoints using Machine Identity Access Controls. This feature enables you to define which integrations can access specific data, confirming that the integrations only have access to the resources they need. [Scripting Governance Tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=scripting-governance&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) tool and role : Review and help reduce the number of users with scripting privileges using the Scripting Governance Tool. This tool helps improve platform security with scripting governance based on user role.A new deny-by-default behavior is enforced for scripting unless you have the snc_required_script_writer_permission role. After an upgrade or zBoot, this role is automatically assigned via the Conditional Script Writer group. [Datatype ACL](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=datatype-acl&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Simplify and help reduce redundant ACL definitions with Datatype ACLs. Create a single ACL to target all table columns of a specific data type, streamlining access control configurations. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Zurich, some changes were made to existing Access Management features. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__18} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Deny-Unless condition for ACLs](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=acl-denial-behavior&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : A new decision type field helps administrators define the conditions that give or deny users access to data. It enables more granular decision-making while defining the right access strategy on the platform. [Enhanced ACL Security](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=acl-denial-behavior&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : If an ACL is misconfigured or empty, you can deny access to data by default, enhancing the overall security of the platform. [ACL Query Behavior](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=r_SecurityJumpStartACLRules&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Fine-tune your access control by dictating rules for querying data with the introduction of new operators: query match and query range. \>[Explicit Roles behavior adjustment](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=explicit-roles&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : When the system property glide.security.explicit_roles.do_not_fix is true, the snc_internal role is no longer added in memory or to the User Roles \[sys_user_has_role\] table. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Zurich, some Access Management features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Zurich, some Access Management features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__34} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Access Management. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Access Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Yokohama | Activation information : Access Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Zurich | Activation information : Access Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Access Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Access Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__58} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Access Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__66} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Access Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__74} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Access Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-accessmanagement-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | * Fine-tune your access control with the new Deny-Unless ACL and query operators. * Enhance ACL security with a new default denial behavior. * Identify and fix empty or misconfigured ACLs with new ACL creation rules. See [Access Control List Rules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=access-control-rules&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Yokohama | * Security Data Filters are a powerful new feature designed to restrict access to sensitive records based on roles or security attributes. This ensures only authorized users can view data, regardless of how the data is accessed. * Related Record Access allows enforcement of consistent access rules across related tables, ensuring that users only see records associated with the data they are authorized to access. See [Access Control List Rules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=access-control-rules&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Zurich | * Enforce access to data via REST or SOAP endpoints using the Machine Identity Access Controls, which helps improve security, governance, and auditability. * Target all table columns of a given data type with a single ACL using Datatype ACLs. * Govern scripting permissions with the Scripting Governance tool, a new base system deny-by-default behavior. See [Access Control List Rules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=access-control-rules&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]