Release Announcement: Symantec IGA 14.4 has achieved GA
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03 February 2022
19 April 2021
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The Identity Security Group (IDG) in IMS is pleased to announce that we have achieved GA release for Symantec IGA 14.4 on 3/8/2021. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the global teams for their work and commitment in delivering this release. Congratulations to all the team members and to all involved in making this release a success! Release Highlights Symantec IGA 14.4 release comes with many exciting features and enhancements. Some of the marquee features and enhancements of this release are:
SCIM 2.0 Inbound Service The System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) specification is designed to make identity management in cloud-based applications and services easier. For Identity Manager, the new SCIM 2.0 Inbound Service feature provides a standardized REST interface for User and Group Management that uses the same flexible, task-based solution for building and managing identities. Full Support for Deploying to jBoss EAP 7.2 and WildFly 15 This release supports fresh installs to jBoss EAP 7.2 and WildFly15 For Identity Manager, Identity Governance and Identity Portal. The Virtual Appliance now supports WildFly15 as the default application server. Deployments of previous Symantec IGA releases that have not already migrated to jBoss 7.2 and WildFly 15 will require use of the Server Migration Utility to move the deployments into the new supported JBoss 7.2 and WildFly 15 Servers prior to using the Symantec IGA 14.4 installers. Federated Authentication Most enterprises are embracing Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML 2.0) and OpenID Connect standards for secure single sign-on access to applications in their environment. SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect based single sign-on identity management offers a range of benefits such as,
In our endeavour to help customers adopt SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect for fast, simple, and secure access to applications in their environment, we have enabled Identity Manager, Identity Portal and Identity Governance to be SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect compliant. Enterprise users can now seamlessly access Identity Manager, Identity Portal and Identity Governance applications with SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect based secure single sign-on authentication. Modern Authentication for Exchange Online Traditionally, the client applications have been using Basic Authentication to connect to Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Online and access its resources. Basic Authentication is simple to set up but less secure, vulnerable to interception, and susceptible to brute-force and password spray attacks. It requires applications to send username and password with every request which is often stored or saved on the device. This opens possibilities for attackers armed with tools and methods to capture user credentials and increases the risk of credential re-use against other servers or services. In our effort to support Identity Manager user access to Exchange Online resources with Modern Authentication, we have enhanced the Microsoft Office 365 connector to support Certificate-Based Authentication by using Exchange Online PowerShell v2 (EXO V2) module. With Certificate-Based Authentication in place, users are authenticated with a client certificate and are allowed to access resources without the need to enter credentials. Changes and Improvements in Virtual Appliance Virtual Appliance for the Symantec IGA 14.4 release comes in two flavors:
Some of the marquee features of this release that augment the Virtual Appliance deployment are:
Improved Performance of Bulk Task Submission in a Certification Identity Governance now provides the ability to achieve performance improvement of more than 50% for the bulk tasks submission (approve / reject) in a certification with the usage of the new out-of-the-box Workpoint processes. These new Workpoint processes are designed to elevate the performance of bulk task submission in a certification by eliminating the process of job creation for each task in a business workflow. To experience enhanced performance, you must associate these new Workpoint processes with the certification templates and use the templates to create certification with large entitlements. Provision to Handle Sensitive Data from the Provisioning Layer Identity Manager enhances the security and integrity of sensitive data by extending the attribute encryption capability to the provisioning layer. Administrators can now store sensitive data as encrypted (3DES) in the Provisioning Directory and also mask the sensitive data while viewing in Provisioning Manager. User Roles Certification Enhancements Identity Portal User Roles Certification screens are enhanced to enrich the certifying manager experience while certifying user roles in an organization. The following enhancements are added to the existing User Roles Certification screens:
Note: To learn more about the new features and enhancements, refer to the respective release notes of the Symantec IGA components: Support for Symantec IGA 14.4 will be available through April 2022. Basic Extended Support may be available for a limited time after the End of Support date. 14.4 (Centos 6) is an interim release to facilitate the migration to 14.4 (Centos 8). 14.4 (Centos6) is the last release on the Centos 6 platform. Helpful Resources Broadcom provides resources to help you in the form of education, product documentation, community user group environments and experienced support personnel - please find a sample of these resources at the following locations:
Thank you again for your continued business, The Symantec IGA Product Management and Engineering Teams
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