What's New

Apex Central includes the following new features and enhancements.

Table 1. March 2023
Feature	Description
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.

Table 2. January 2023
Feature	Description
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.

Table 3. December 2022
Feature	Description
Platform support	Apex One Security Agent installation support for Windows 10 22H2

Table 4. November 2022
Feature	Description
Platform support	Apex One Security Agent installation support for Windows 11 22H2 Apex One (Mac) Security Agent installation support for macOS 13 (Ventura)
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).

Table 5. August 2022
Feature	Description
Apple^® M2 support	The Apex One (Mac) Security Agent can be installed on endpoints using Apple M2 processors.

Table 6. April 2022
Feature	Description
Apex One server policy deployment	Global Agent Settings are included in Apex One server policy deployment for Apex One Security Agents.

Table 7. January 2022
Feature	Description
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).

Table 8. December 2021
Feature	Description
Platform support	Apex One Security Agent installation support for Windows 10 21H2. Apex One (Mac) Security Agent installation support for macOS 12 (Monterey).
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.

Table 9. October 2021
Feature	Description
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.

Table 10. March 2021
Feature	Description
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.

Previous releases included the following features:

Table 11. December 2020
Feature	Description
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.

Table 12. September 2020
Feature	Description
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.