ESET Security Management Center has been renamed to ESET PROTECT and ESET PROTECT will also be the new product version 8.

What's new

The list below contains information about the major changes in ESET Protect:

• ESET Full Disk Encryption now also for macOS
• Audit Log
• Improved Exclusions
• Management for Secure Browser
• Improvements and other usability changes
  • Improved Network isolation
  • EULA Update notifications
  • Streamlining of EDTD enablement
  • Improved Detection details (LiveGrid, Observed in the organization, VT link)
  • New EFDE management actions
  • New Dynamic groups and Reports for EFDE

The complete what's new page for ESET PROTECT can be found here: What's new in ESET PROTECT (v8)

Changelog:

Changed: ESET Security Management Center renamed to ESET PROTECT
Added: Ability to manage FileVault (macOS) native encryption when an eligible license is present
Added: One-click deployment of ESET Dynamic Threat Defense if an eligible license is present
Added: New Audit log section provides detailed information about specific actions
Added: Secure Browser management
Added: Site license support, including a new License user column and additional
Added: Renew a license in the License Management screen
Added: Ability to drill-down from expiring license issues in Dashboards and Reports to obtain more information in the License Management
Added: New Manage licenseâ context menu
Added: EULA update notifications, that supports auto-upgrade (uPCU) of endpoint products in managed environments
Added: New ESET Full Disk Encryption (EFDE) management actions directly from Computer details
Added: New EFDE Dynamic groups and Reports
Added: Detection details (LiveGrid, Observed in organization, Virus Total link)
Added: One-click access to client task triggers
Added: New Enterprise Inspector (EI) permissions (available with the future release of EI 1.6)
Added: Ability to create a static group directly in the permission set wizard
Added: Unsupported browser warning
Added: New "Seats allocated to sites" preset in dedicated license report
Added: Multi-line command scripts for Run Command task
Added: Option to create a Computer user group in the Add computer user wizard
Changed: Management Agent - supported operating systems
Changed: License unit/sub-units visualization changed to "used/total" for online licenses and "X offline" for offline licenses
Changed: Access to behavior reports (when ESET Dynamic Threat Defense is purchased and enabled) are available only if an eligible license is present
Improved: Redesigned second-level menu (items grouped into categories)
Improved: Exclusions mechanism extended to firewall threats
Improved: Computer details now directly accessible by clicking the computer name
Improved: One-click Network isolation
Improved: Columns ordering
Improved: Pop-up with search option
Improved: Multi-select in pop-up (modal) windows
Improved: how in EI context action available for other Detection types
Improved: Ability to create one exclusion from multiple detentions with standard exclusion criteria(s)
Improved: Breadcrumbs for better navigation in Wizards
Improved: Various other performance and security improvements
Fixed: "Dynamic group changes" option is not auto-selected if a notification is created from the context menu of any dynamic group
Fixed: Delete task action removes all client tasks, not just selected items in a task list for a specific group
Fixed: Status filter not visible for server tasks (only in client tasks)
Fixed: Failed to send a wake-up call from the client task details executions page
Fixed: Incorrect target group type displays when editing a client trigger
Fixed: Possible to set up an MSP company in an unlinked group (for example, after unlinking the related EMA account)
Fixed: After renaming a location in EMA, synchronization fails to rename the location in the static group's hierarchy
Fixed: "Live installer" is mistakenly called "All in one Installer" in the MSP wizard
Fixed: Missing customer name in the MSP Customer Setup Wizard header
Fixed: Status update type notifications fail to save if they contain the character
Fixed: Import of policies with large file sizes
Fixed: Infinite units or sub-units in tooltips for licenses in the License Management screen display incorrectly
Fixed: License-related notifications (for example, expiration/overuse) trigger when a license is suspended
Fixed: Policy does not block the selected Scan profile
Fixed: Filters previously set are not saved
Fixed: EBA link in License Management redirects to the international site instead of the DEU localized version
Fixed: Various other bug fixes