What's New

Enhanced scan exceptions

You can now configure scan exceptions based on rule IDs for Security Agent policies.

Monitoring Level

The new Monitoring Level setting for Endpoint Protection features provides a flexible and customizable approach to balancing noise and detections, allowing you to optimize your security posture based on your organization's needs and requirements.

Platform support

Apex One (Mac) Security Agent installation support for macOS 15 (Sequoia).

End of support for older macOS versions

The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent no longer supports endpoints running macOS 10.15 (Catalina).

Platform support

Apex One Security Agent installation support for Windows 11 (ARM64).

AI App Guard

You can now enable the "AI App Guard" policy for Behavior Monitoring in Apex One Security Agent policies to protect AI-integrated applications and related files from malicious modifications.

Trend Vision One integration enhancement

You can now start a malware scan on managed Apex One and Apex One (Mac) Security Agent endpoints from the Response App in Trend Vision One.

Agent installation and update

Apex One no longer supports Security Agent installation and updates on endpoints running Windows operating systems that have reached the end of service.

For more information on supported Windows operating systems, see the Knowledge Base.

File integrity checking

You can configure global agent settings to automatically import root certificates for file integrity checking on Apex One Security Agent endpoints.

Trend Vision One integration enhancement

Trend Vision One integration has been enhanced to include an option that enables Trend Micro Apex Central to synchronize suspicious object lists from Trend Vision One.

Advanced malware detection

For Apex One Security Agent anti-malware policies, you can configure settings for the advanced malware detection feature that uses machine learning to detect malware and spyware threats in portable executable files.

Enhanced Security Agent notifications

On the Apex One (Mac) console, administrators can customize the notification message to display on Security Agent endpoints after detecting a device control policy violation.

Trend Vision One integration

Integration with Trend Vision One allows Trend Micro Apex Central to forward detection events and managed Security Agent information to Trend Vision One for correlated detection and other advanced analytics.

Enhancement Security Agent management

This release of Trend Micro Apex Central supports multi-layer domain tree (up to five layers) for managed servers to enhance Security Agent management.

Client Authentication Checksum (CAC) support

This release of Apex One adds support for Client Authentication Checksum (CAC) security for server-agent communication.

Smart Feedback Enhancement

Smart Feedback has been enhanced to offer state-of-the-art scanning for targeted attack indicators and automated notifications of potential threats to your environment.

Enhanced Security Agent console

The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent console has been enhanced to display the policy name and version on the Component Versions screen.

Platform support

Apex One Security Agent installation support for Windows 10 22H2

Platform support

OpenSSL library update

This release of Apex One Security Agent updates the OpenSSL library to version 3.0 for enhanced product security

End of support for older macOS versions

The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent no longer supports endpoints running macOS 10.13 (High Sierra).

Apple® M2 support

The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent can be installed on endpoints using Apple M2 processors.

Apex One server policy deployment

Global Agent Settings are included in Apex One server policy deployment for Apex One Security Agents.

End of support for older macOS versions

The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent no longer supports endpoints running macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and macOS 10.12 (Sierra).

Platform support

Trend Micro Vision One migration

Disabling the Endpoint Sensor policy settings for Apex One Security Agents for customers who have never enabled the Endpoint Sensor feature. Customers can access Trend Micro Vision One to enable XDR Endpoint Sensor on endpoints.

Trend Micro Vision One migration

Upgrading of the Endpoint Sensor module with Trend Micro Vision One XDR Sensor for better user experience and feature enhancement.

Platform support

Apex One Security Agent installation support for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022.

Trend Micro Vision One migration

Migration of the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) features to Trend Micro Vision One related apps continues, providing a better user experience. EDR customers can single sign-on to the appropriate Trend Micro Vision One app for EDR features.

Vulnerability Protection

Add IP addresses to the Intrusion Prevention Rules Exceptions list to prevent trusted endpoints from being filtered by the Vulnerability Protection network driver.

Apex One Welcome Center

Watch step-by-step video tutorials by visiting the Apex One Welcome Center link on the Apex Central Quick Start Guide or Help menu.

API update

Added a new external API to get all existing Apex One DLP Policy policy names and deployed agent lists.

Enhanced navigation for SSO

The Server Registration screen is now called Server Registration and allows users to SSO from an easier to find location (Directories → Product Servers).

Label system for policy deployment and asset management

Users can create "Labels" for specified endpoints or auto-label rules, and select the "Labels" as policy deployment targets or data sources for log queries and custom reports.

Policy layout

Apex One as a Service has permanently switched to the new policy UI layout.

Predictive Machine Learning - Process enhancement

The Contextual Intelligence Engine has implemented a filter pattern to reduce network traffic usage.

Single sign-on (SSO) support

Single sign-on (SSO) to Apex One as a Service from the Trend Micro XDR console.

Enhanced Web Reputation queries

The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent can send Web Reputation queries for URLs using the HTTPS protocol.

Root Cause Analysis results

Users can view related objects based on specific ratings on the Root Cause Analysis details panel.

Single sign-on (SSO) enhancement

Download the Apex Central service provider metadata XML file to integrate your identity provider (IdP) for authenticating Active Directory users using SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO).

Web installer

Use the web installer to check the compatibility of the target endpoints (including system requirements and conflicting applications) before automatically downloading and installing the Security Agent package from Trend Micro servers.