Updates in upcoming releases
Important changes in future releases that might require additional steps or planning during upgrade.
Changes to the license expiration process
The current method of communicating license status within the security system user interface (UI) lacks clarity for some users, and the expiration behavior itself does not adhere to industry standards. In a future version, not earlier than 24.2, we are implementing changes to the license expiration process aimed at improving clarity and alignment with industry best practices. These changes will affect how license expiration status is communicated within the Nozomi Networks Operating System (N2OS) interface.
Future Behavior
- When your license is more than three months away from expiration, no status indicators will be displayed in the UI
- Within three months of expiration, a status indicator will indicate that your license is Expiring. Additionally, the notification on the Updates and Licenses page will show your license status as Expiring along with the expiration date
- When the expiration date is reached, a banner message and a status indicator will indicate that your license is Expired, accompanied by a message indicating whether you are in the grace period
- Once the grace period is over, your security system will cease its main functions, allowing users access only to historical data
Additional Information
- We will proactively reach out to customers to initiate discussions on license renewals before any expiration messages show
- We advise against waiting for license expiration warnings to begin the process of procuring new licenses
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Nozomi Networks representative.
Consolidation of data concerning MITRE ATT&CK®
N2OS exposes MITRE ATT&CK® related information in the alert properties
mitre_attack_for_ics and mitre_attack_enterprise. The
same information is also included in the legacy alert fields
mitre_attack_techniques and mitre_attack_tactics, and in
the legacy alert property mitre_attack/techniques. These legacy fields and
properties are now deprecated and will be removed in a future version of N2OS.
Deprecation of value field for node points
The value field of the node_points and
node_points_last query sources is deprecated since N2OS 21.0.0. It is replaced by the contents field. A future
version of N2OS will remove the value field.
We recommend our users to modify the queries, assertions and reports using this field.
Deprecation of ESXi versions lower than 8.0
- The last minor release of N2OS in 2024 will include an internal component version that will not be officially supported by VMWare virtual machine hardware version < 20
- Official support for the internal component's current version ends January 2026; We are then forced to upgrade it by the end of 2024 to be able to provide our customers with one year of fixes - without falling out of vendor's support.
- Support for ESXi 7 will be dropped and migration to ESXi 8 is required by the end of 2024; We urge customers to prepare for implementing all required measures to run N2OS on ESXi 8 by the end of 2024.
Deprecation of some languages in UI
- Chinese
- Simplified Chinese
- Vietnamese, and
- Korean
Maintaining excellence in these languages has become increasingly challenging, and it is against our core values to offer anything that fails to meet the very highest of standards.
We will continue to offer support for all languages that we can maintain at the highest level. We apologize for any inconvenience this decision may cause, and we appreciate your understanding.
Guardian and CMC reports
In a future version of N2OS, it will no longer be possible to export portable document format (PDF) reports that contain a network graph. This is because of an internal component that will no longer be maintained.