<h2>Now Platform security release notes</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="reference" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Now Platform security release notes" /><meta name="abstract" content="Now Platform security product enhancements and updates in the Xanadu release." /><meta name="description" content="Now Platform security product enhancements and updates in the Xanadu release." /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/new-features-changes.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/family-release-notes.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/concept/rn-learn-landing-page.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/concept/rn-n-1-landing-page.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/authentication-rn.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/encryption-key-mgmt-rn.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/Identity-rn.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/security-center-rn.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/authorization-rn.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/data-privacy-rn.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-02-02" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2024-08-01" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="now-platform-security-rn-landing" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Now Platform security release notes</title></head><body id="now-platform-security-rn-landing"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../release-notes/family-release-notes.html" title="The ServiceNow Xanadu release includes new products and applications, as well as additional features and fixes for existing products. Read the release notes to learn about the release, prepare for your upgrade, and upgrade your instance.">Xanadu release notes</a> > <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/concept/rn-learn-landing-page.html" title="The Xanadu release includes new features and improvements built on the Now Platform.">Learn about the Xanadu release</a> > <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/concept/rn-n-1-landing-page.html" title="When you upgrade from the Washington DC release, understand the fixes in each release version, notable changes for the user interface, browser support, plugin updates, and each feature's upgrade and migration tasks if applicable.">Release notes for upgrading from Washington DC</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1"><span class="ph">Now Platform</span> security release notes</h1> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc"><span class="ph">Now Platform®</span> security product enhancements and updates in the <span class="ph">Xanadu</span> release.</p> <div class="section" id="now-platform-security-rn-landing__section_h3h_s2t_ytb"> <p class="p">Use the <span class="ph">Now Platform®</span> security to secure the instance, encrypt your data, authenticate users, and view your current compliance levels based on application security standards.</p> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <ul class="ullinks"><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/authentication-rn.html">Authentication release notes</a></strong><br /> The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph">Authentication</span> application supports many authentication mechanisms that enable you to validate the identity of users. <span class="ph">Authentication</span> was enhanced and updated in the <span class="ph">Xanadu</span> release.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/encryption-key-mgmt-rn.html">Encryption Key Management release notes</a></strong><br /> The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph">Encryption Key Management</span> application protects your data by using encryption, tightly controlled key access, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-57-based key life-cycle management, and FIPS 140-2-L3 key protection. <span class="ph">Encryption Key Management</span> was enhanced and updated in the release.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/Identity-rn.html">Identity release notes</a></strong><br /> The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph">Identity</span> application supports identity mechanisms that enable you to validate the identity of users. <span class="ph">Identity</span> was enhanced and updated in the <span class="ph">Xanadu</span> release.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/security-center-rn.html">Security Center release notes</a></strong><br /> The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph"><span class="ph">Security Center</span></span> application is composed of multiple distinct tools designed to help you improve your security posture and strengthen your compliance with <span class="ph">ServiceNow</span> curated security recommendations. <span class="ph">Security Center</span> was enhanced and updated in the <span class="ph">Xanadu</span> release.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/authorization-rn.html">Access Management release notes</a></strong><br /> The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph">Access Management</span> includes access control lists (ACLs), security attributes, contextual security manager, data filtration, and many more controls. These tools provide finer control and improved security for managing data access. <span class="ph">Access Management</span> was enhanced and updated in the <span class="ph">Xanadu</span> release.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../release-notes/now-platform-security/data-privacy-rn.html">Data Privacy release notes</a></strong><br /> The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph">Data Privacy</span> application enables you to classify sensitive data, remove personally identifiable information (PII) from user data in a production instance, and anonymize data in production and non-production instances. <span class="ph">Data Privacy</span> was enhanced and updated in the <span class="ph">Xanadu</span> release.</li></ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/new-features-changes.html" title="Review the new features and changes in this release by product.">Features and changes by product</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>