I am happy to announce the release of ESET Inspect and ESET Inspect Cloud version 1.8. The on-prem version is available to download (links below + available via ESET PROTECT repository) since yesterday, the 13th of October, and cloud instances are being updated with an estimated completion today by end of business.

This version introduces a major change in EI's architecture (moving the evaluation of Detection Rules from the EI Server to the EI Connector) and various other smaller changes.

Changelog:

• Major functionality
  • Moving of Detection Rules evaluation from the central EI Server to individual endpoints
  • ESET MSP Administrator integration
• Database improvements
  • Partitioning of Processes table
  • Display Purge status overview
• Detection capability improvements
  • Ability to monitor SYS Files
  • Ability to monitor Kernel module load/unload operations on Linux
• Response capability improvements
  • Computer Reboot and Shutdown exposed to Rule engine as response actions
• UI improvements
  • Alignment of context menus and toolbars to match ESET PROTECT
  • Ability to go from Process's raw events to Computer's raw events
• Cloud specific improvements
  • ISO certification achieved for ESET Inspect Cloud
  • SLAM integration (internal only)
  • Flexible Servers (internal only)
  • Central redirectors in US and Japan (internal only)
  • Instance UUID displayed in the About section

Documentation:  What's new in ESET INSPECT v1.8

Known Issues

• Installation of the on-prem EI Server can take quite a long time in large environments

Planned release date

• 13. October 2022 for on-prem
• Throughout 13. and 14. October for cloud instances

Installation packages

• On-prem EI Server and EI Connectors download here and/or deploy via ESET PROTECT
• For ESET Inspect Cloud first check whether your instance has been updated to v1.8 and if yes, proceed with update of EI Connectors via ESET PROTECT Cloud

Installation notes

• Update EI Server to 1.8 first and EI Connectors afterwards
• EI Server v1.8 is compatible with v1.7 EI Connectors but not the other way around

Language

• English