What’s new in this version?

cognitix Threat Defender build 20221013.1.0 rolls out a number of new features and improvements. Find out what’s new below.

Upgrade Compatibility

The following previous builds are compatible with cognitix Threat Defender build 20221013.1.0:

To view the release notes of previous builds, see Previous Releases.

cognitix Threat Defender build 20221013.1.0 is compatible with genucenter 7.5 and genucenter 8.0.

New Features and Improvements

IDS/IPS Improvements

The traffic evaluation by the IDS/IPS engine is now more in-depth and therefore more thorough.

User Interface Improvements

  • We implemented a first dark mode version for the cognitix Threat Defender UI. To switch to dark mode and back, click the toggle at the bottom of the main navigation.

  • cognitix Threat Defender now shows a progress bar when the system is shut down or rebooted.

  • We improved usability on small screens.

  • We improved the style of chart lists in detailed views.

  • The Apply button at the top of the main navigation has a new style so that it is now more noticeable when pending changes need to be applied.

  • We improved the error message on the login screen.

Documentation Improvements

The PDF version of the manual now has an index to facilitate searching for content.

Important Fixed Issues

  • We improved the handling of whitelisting and classification conditions in rules so that it is now more robust.

  • In rare cases, a client/server mismatch could occur when assets were inserted into dynamic network objects. We fixed this potential problem with this release.

  • We fixed the donut charts for different resolutions.

Patch 1

  • We fixed a bug which led to missing matches of the policy engine when asset tags were used as source or destination conditions in rules.

Known Issues

  • When the API is under high load, cognitix Threat Defender may display a misleading “Connection Issue” notification. It is also possible that some data is not completely displayed.

  • The system may show a wrong genucenter connection state under Settings > genucenter. This may occur when you restore the genucenter configuration from a backup file without providing the required SSH key files or when you abort the configuration assistant and the configuration is incomplete. In this case, you need to set up the genucenter connection again.

  • When IPS rules under Threats > Intelligence Database > IPS Rules are enabled or disabled, it may take a few seconds for the table to update.

Upgrade Instructions and Requirements

For information on the hardware requirements needed to install this build version, see the system requirements.

For instructions on how to install the new build version, see Updating cognitix Threat Defender.