RSA SecurID Access Product Release Notes

• Cloud Administration REST API retrieves product usage analytics
• Ability to view anomalous users in the Identity Confidence Dashboard.
• Ability to find and add unsynchronized users
• Ability to request a Cloud Authentication Service account directly from the Security Console in RSA Authentication Manager
• RSA Authentication Manager provides emergency failover when the Cloud Authentication Service cannot be reached
• Bug fixes for RSA SecurID Authenticate 3.7.0 app for iOS

• Security updates.
• Enhanced visibility into active users.
• Ability to disable the Remember This Browser prompt.
• Enhanced Identity Confidence Dashboard to track user behavior over time.
• RSA SecurID Authenticate 3.6 app for iOS provides security enhancements and bug fixes.

• Enhanced Identity Confidence Dashboard.
• Ability to copy the authentication endpoint URL directly from the Cloud Administration Console and paste it in a secure place for delivery to web client developers. 
• Improved communication for Cloud Authentication Service updates.
• RSS SecurID Authenticate 3.5 App for Windows provides security enhancements and bug fixes.

• Improved integration options for customers with SAML-based applications who cannot use the SAML Authentication Context attribute to assign an access policy based on a condition such as the user group and/or resource being accessed.
• Secure sign-in to the Cloud Administration Console through federation by extending the identity provider (IdP). 

• Identity router update includes miscellaneous improvements.
• The RSA Cloud Administration APIs support FIDO. You can enable commercial and custom applications to enroll FIDO Tokens leveraging these APIs in addition to using RSA SecurID Access for FIDO-based authentication.
• RSA SecurID Access Application Portal has been redesigned with the same modern look-and-feel that users already see in the web authentication and My Page screens.
• If your Cloud Authentication Service deployment was integrated with RSA Authentication Manager and it allows users with RSA SecurID Tokens to access cloud-protected resources, you can now delete unused connections.

• RSA SecurID Authenticate 3.5 app for iOS and Android contains miscellaneous fixes and improvements.
• The app includes Authenticate Key, a FIDO-based authenticator that can be used for primary and additional authentication. This is a Technical Preview feature that is disabled by default. If you are interested in enabling this feature, contact RSA.

• Customers with RSA SecurID Access Enterprise or Premium Edition can now use YubiKey for RSA SecurID Access and other third-party FIDO authenticators without purchasing additional licenses.
• The RSA SecurID Authentication API now supports FIDO/FIDO2 for authentication.
• You can now easily access your current Cloud Authentication Service license and usage information in the Cloud Administration Console for compliance and operational needs.

• Users can use Emergency Tokencode to sign in when they misplace or lose their FIDO authenticator.
• Password resets in the Cloud Administration Console are more secure.  Password resets must be completed within two hours of requesting the password reset link.

• An identity router update was made available. 
• Most access policy attributes that were previously available only to customers with Premium Edition are now available to all customers with Enterprise Edition.
• RSA SecurID Access Threat Aware Authentication now supports additional customer scenarios in the Cloud Administration of High-Risk User API version 2.
• Data collection for identity confidence and location can now be disabled and re-enabled from the Cloud Administration Console.
• If you previously disabled identity confidence data collection on the identity router with the assistance of RSA Customer Support, you must now use the Cloud Administration Console to disable this function.
• All of the preconfigured access policies provided with RSA SecurID Access can now be edited for immediate customization.
• Use the Cloud Administration Delete User Now API to delete a single disabled user from the Cloud Authentication Service and immediately remove all information and devices associated with the user.
• Six new videos demonstrate how to configure the Cloud Authentication Service. 

The RSA Security Key Utility version 1.1 has been updated to include:

• Performance improvements.

• User interface localized in Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, French, Spanish, and German.

• Documentation updates.

March 19, 2020

• The Cloud Authentication Service supports Windows Hello and Android phone as FIDO authenticators.
• Terminology is changing in the Cloud Administration Console and product documentation to address authenticators that are not necessarily devices.
• A new user identifier, Alternate Username, is available as an identity source attribute. Customers with relying parties such as Azure Active Directory can use any attribute, such as UPN, that is suitable for use as the SecurID Access username.
• A new API allows users to securely register their devices within custom help desk and self-service portals. The API generates one-time device registration codes. 

• The Cloud Authentication Service is now a FIDO2 Certified Server. The certification demonstrates compliance with the FIDO specification and ensures compatibility with any FIDO-certified security key.
• A password is now required to protect the Issuer Signing Certificate file (.pfx) when you install the Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) Connector. RSA recommends that you install the latest version of the Connector (1.6) with the certificate file password.
• The schedule for planned changes to the Cloud Authentication Service IP addresses is posted in the Release Notes.

• Emergency Tokencode is supported for thick RADIUS clients and for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).
• Configuration improvements affect SAML-enabled web applications when the Cloud Authentication Service is the identity provider.
• You are now allowed to customize the default attribute mappings for Active Directory identity sources.
• RSA Link now provides complete documentation describing how to use operators when specifying LDAP attributes in access policies.

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• High availability with RSA SecurID Authentication or Authenticate Tokencode when the Cloud Authentication Service is not available.
• Replica instance administrative tasks.
• Request a Cloud Authentication Service Account through the Security Console.

• Easy deployment as a secure proxy server and failover node for the Cloud Authentication Service.
• Embedded identity router allows for faster setup and connection to the Cloud Authentication Service.
• Collecting usage date to improve customer satisfaction. No personal identifiable information (PII) or sensitive information is collected.
• Direct upgrade to RSA Authentication Manager 8.5 from version 8.2 SP1, 8.3, or 8.4

• (Patch 4) New features in RSA Authentication Manager 8.4 Patch 4 make it easier than ever for you to adopt modern multifactor authentication from RSA with minimal infrastructure updates to your deployment.
• Obtain the Azure virtual appliance from the Azure Marketplace
• Easier access to RSA SecurID-protected resources for multifactor authentication users
• Major platform upgrades to enhance security, including upgrades to FIPS compliance
• Ability to delete a console or virtual host certificate
• Upgrade path from version 8.3

• Amazon Web Services deployment
• Token distribution and management enhancements
• Agent reporting enhancements
• Authentication Manager Bulk Administration (AMBA) utility integrated into Authentication Manager for Enterprise Server license customers.
• Upgrade path from version 8.2 SP1

• Cloud Authentication Service users can access on-premise resources protected by SecurID agents.
• Remotely restore original system settings to an RSA SecurID Appliance 250 hardware appliance
• Numerous additional improvements 
• Upgrade path from version 8.2

Includes support for:

• Upgrade path from version 8.1 SP1 with or without patches. Direct migration from version 6.1 or 7.1 is not supported.
• Ability to create a custom token expiry notification that calculates when tokens must be ordered based on the number of tokens available, the number of tokens that are assigned, and the number of tokens that are expiring within a specified time.
• IPv6 addresses for RADIUS clients.
• Extending the lifetime of a distributed software token that has expired or will expire soon.
• Ability to display a custom logon banner before users log on to the Operations Console, the Security Console, the Self-Service Console, or the appliance operating system with a Secure Shell (SSH) client. 
• “FIPS-inside” by including FIPS-compliant cryptographic library module RSA BSAFE® Crypto-J 6.1 (NIST Certificate # 2058).
• Internal SHA-256 certificates for communication between components, such as primary and replica instances and the web tier. 
• The Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 cryptographic protocol for secure network communications. 
• Integration with RSA Via Access (now the Cloud Authentication Service), a cloud-based authentication service. 
• On the virtual appliance, uploading an Evaluation License during Quick Setup automatically creates 25 temporary software tokens that expire after 6 months.
• The Hyper-V virtual appliance on a Microsoft Windows 2012 host machine and a Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 host machine.
• The Authentication Manager Bulk Administration (AMBA) utility automates administrative operations for large new token deployments or token replacements, and simplifies the bulk administration of users, user groups, tokens, and agents.
• Additional trusted realm support.
• Use of nonstandard email domains.
• List user group membership in reports.
• Qualified on VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0.
• OpenLDAP qualified to run as an external identity source.
• Authentication Manager Bulk Administration (AMBA) utility added to the Extras kit.
• A downloadable ISO file provides a method for restoring a hardware appliance.
• Factory Reset is no longer supported.

• Hyper-V virtual appliance support.
• Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 Service Pack 3 with a fully patched SP 2 kernel.
• Support for Web tiers on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• When you deploy dynamic seed provisioning, you can choose to distribute a CT-KIP URL and activation code encapsulated in a QR Code.
• Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 R2 has been qualified to run as an external identity source with RSA Authentication Manager 8.1 SP1.
• Security enhancements and fixes.
• Software fixes in the cumulative Patch 5 for version 8.1.
• Additional appliance platform support.
• Version 8.1 SP1 is pre-installed on the Hyper-V virtual appliance.
• Version 8.1 is pre-installed on the VMware virtual appliance and the hardware appliance.

Includes support for:

• Upgrade path from RSA Authentication Manager 8.0 with or without patches.
• A hardware appliance and a virtual appliance.
• Factory reset.
• Ability to upgrade RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0 (SP 4 or later) to RSA Authentication Manager 8.1 on the Dell PowerEdge R210, R210XL, R710, or the R710XL.
• Ability to configure an additional network interface card (NIC).
• Promoting a replica instance while the original primary instance is  and functioning.
• New report templates.
• Unrestricted agent access using an alias.
• Quick Setup Access Code.
• BlackBerry 10.

Expands the set of user name formats that can be sent to either RSA Authentication Manager or the Cloud Authentication Service to include User Principal Names and email addresses.

Connects to both Cloud Authentication Service and RSA Authentication Manager 8.5.

Provides offline emergency access.

New configuration and control settings to better manage load-balancing and fail-over mechanisms, user access with challenge groups, and password order changes.

Coexists with Windows Hello for Business on Windows 10, versions 1803 and 1809.

Adds support for the Device Biometrics, RSA SecurID Token, SMS Tokencode, Voice Tokencode, and Emergency Tokencode authentication methods.

Supports the reserve password.

Adds support for Device Biometrics for online authentication.

You can ask your users to test authentication with the RSA Agent Control Center.

Requires users to perform additional authentication to the Cloud Authentication Service when accessing macOS computers.

Supports the Approve, RSA SecurID Authenticate Tokencode, and RSA SecurID Token methods for online authentication.

No fail-open offline authentication with Authenticate Tokencode.

Agent customization using the RSA Agent Control Center.

Online Emergency Access using the Emergency Tokencode authentication method.

Includes software updates to resolve customer issues.

Support for Emergency Tokencode.

Ability to configure a web proxy for authentication requests.

Updates the RSA GPO Templates to allow users to set a Windows Hello for Business PIN.

Corrects cosmetic issues with Windows Server 2019.

Adds support for Windows Server 2019, which allows you to select RSA SecurID as the primary authentication method.

Fixed a potential problem with device biometrics authentication.

Includes support for:

Authentication using RSA Authentication Manager and the Cloud Authentication Service 

Reporting

FIPS environment

Data collection used to establish a level of identity confidence for a user.

Coexistence with ADFS Agent Version 1.0.2

Includes support for:

Microsoft AD FS 2016 in Windows Server 2016.

Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 when registering the AD FS Agent with RSA Authentication Manager 8.2.

Includes a content security policy (CSP) and CSP headers.

Adds support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (64-bit) and 7.7 (64-bit) with Apache 2.4.x.

Qualifies Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and 7.7 with Apache

2.4.x.

Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 or later (64-bit only) with Apache 2.4.x..

Includes support for:

Apache Web Server version 2.2.x and Apache Web Server version 2.4.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1.x (64-bit only).

Event, prefork, and worker mode on Apache Web Server 2.2.x and Apache Web Server 2.4.x.

TCP/IP and IPv6

Includes support for:

Multiple Remote Desktop applications, in addition to Microsoft’s “Remote Desktop Connection”.

Ability to configure the RSA Credential Provider credential tile to use the standard Windows image for Windows 7 and Server 2008.

Supports Windows Server 2016.

Accepts credentials from remote applications such as Citrix® XenApp® and Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection. Users who are not required to authenticate with RSA SecurID do not need to enter credentials twice when using those applications.

Bug fixes.

Includes GPO template files in .admx/.adml format, which is required when importing files to the group policy Central Store.

Bug fixes.

Ability to configure case-sensitivity for user names when determining challenge group membership. By default, user names are case-sensitive. You can configure the PAM agent to not consider case.
Adds Ubuntu 18.04 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit) support.

Adds support for Solaris SPARC 11.4 (32-bit and 64-bit) with 64-bit tools

Also supports Solaris SPARC 10.5 (32-bit and 64-bit) or Solaris SPARC 11.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

In Cloud Authentication Service mode, users can authenticate using the SMS Tokencode and Voice Tokencode authentication methods.

Updated operating system version support:

RHEL 6.10 (32-bit and 64-bit) and RHEL 7.5 (64-bit)

CentOS Linux 7.5 (64-bit)

Oracle Linux 6.10 (64-bit) and Oracle Linux 7.5 (64-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (32-bit and 64-bit), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (64-bit), and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)

Solaris SPARC 10.5 (32-bit and 64-bit) with Zones and Solaris SPARC 11.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Solaris x86 10.5 Update 11 (32-bit) and Solaris x86 11.2 (32-bit)

AIX 7.1 TL3 (SP5) Power 6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and AIX 7.2 TL1 (SP2) Power 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Ability to authenticate to the Cloud Authentication Service (in REST mode) or RSA Authentication Manager (in REST mode or UDP mode).

In REST mode, the PAM agent can send additional information to RSA Authentication Manager for agent reporting.

Version 8.0 includes RSA SecurID Authentication Agent 7.1 for PAM features, such as support for SELinux, support for Exponential Backoff, and an option for a silent, unattended installation.

Support for the following operating systems:

AIX 7.1 TL3 (SP5) Power 6: 32-bit and 64-bit and AIX 7.2 TL1 (SP2) Power 8: 32-bit and 64-bit 

RHEL 6.8: 32-bit and 64-bit, RHEL 7.1: 64-bit and RHEL 7.3 64-bit 

Oracle Linux 6.8 64-bit and Oracle Linux 7.3 64-bit 

Solaris SPARC 10 (32-bit and 64-bit), for which RSA recommends Update 8 or later, Solaris SPARC 10.5 (32-bit and 64-bit) with Zones, Solaris SPARC 11.2 (32-bit and 64-bit), Solaris x86 10.5 Update 11 (32-bit), and Solaris x86 11.2 (32-bit) 

SUSE Enterprise Linux Server version 11 SP3 or later (32-bit and 64-bit) and SUSE Enterprise Linux Server version 12 (64-bit)

Includes support for:

Red Hat Linux 7.3

Oracle Linux 6.8 64-bit and 7.3 64-bit

IBM AIX 7.1 64-bit and 7.2 32-bit and 64-bit

Silent Installation

Includes support for:

SELinux on RHEL

Exponential Backoff

Supports Exponential Backoff.

The agent supports three authentication modes:

• Cloud Authentication Service.
• RSA Authentication Manager with REST Protocol.
• RSA Authentication Manager with UDP Protocol.

• Supports Citrix StoreFront version 3.12 and 3.13.
• The process to configure RSA SecurID authentication in the Citrix Storefront Management Console has been updated for Citrix StoreFront version 3.12 and 3.13.

• Includes a content security policy (CSP) and CSP headers.
• Adds Windows Server 2019 support.
• Supports  Outlook Web Access (OWA) Cumulative Updates on Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Ability to register nonstandard URLs that don’t support cookies so that the Web Agent can accept them.
• Web Agent logging for applications without local administrator or local system privileges for IIS.
• Support for SharePoint Server 2016 on Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) with Internet Information Services 8.5 and Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) with Internet Information Services 10.

• Security fixes and other software updates.
• Supports Windows Server 2016, Internet Information Services 10, and Outlook Web App on Windows Server 2016 (64-bit only).

Includes support for:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 with IIS 7.5.
• Back-end SharePoint Web App Servers.
• Expanded wildcard support for long-term persistent cookie URLs.
• Idle timeout support for persistent cookies.
• SharePoint sign out command deletes all session cookies and persistent cookies
• Ability to disable the RSA Response Interceptor Module.

Includes support for:

• FIPS
• New APIs for TCP
• Additional Windows and Linux platforms
• Direct migration from the SDK 8.1 and SDK 8.5
• Backward compatibility
• IPv6 

Includes support for:

• FIPS 
• New Java methods
• LINUX and Windows
• Direct migration from the SDK 8.1 and 8.5
• IPv6 

Includes support for:

• IPv6
• Backward compatibility
• Improved cryptography
• New agent-server trust model
• Synchronous calls for asynchronous calls
• Round-robin load balancing

Includes support for:

• IPv6 
• Backward compatibility
• Improved cryptography
• New agent-server trust model
• New agent management
• Round-robin load balancing

• Qualified for Android 11.
• Bug fixes.

• Supports iOS 13 and iPadOS.
• New minimum supported version is iOS 10.
• Resolves issue SWTIPHONE-292, which prevented users from importing tokens distributed with file-basedprovisioning.

• The file jcmandroidfips.raw was added.
• The file jcm.jar was removed.

• Qualifies OS 10.3.x.
• Supports BlackBerry OS version 10.2.0.1155 or later.
• Bug fixes.

Includes support for:

• Windows Mobile 6.1
• Dynamic Seed Provisioning
• Fob-style software tokens
• Additional customization options

• Supports 64-bit Windows and Mac OS operating systems.
• Allows 64-bit VPN applications to integrate with the 64-bit SecurID application.

Includes support for:

• Additional operating systems
• SecurID integration with additional VPN client applications
• Additional logon methods with VPN client applications
• Device binding enhancements
• Additional customization policies
• Additional web browser plug-ins
• Logging enhancements
• Improvements for screen readers
• Token provisioning enhancements
• New installation options
• RSA SecurID 800 authenticator with RSA Smart Card Middleware.
• Resolved issues with RSA SecurID 800 authenticator

Changed location for the Device Name and Device Serial Number registry entries.

When the application is installed in the default location on the local hard drive, then launching the application for the first time creates registry entries for the token storage device name and the device serial number.