Release notes

Updated application usage policy controls

Mark Barber June 17, 2026

User Risk administrators can now set a policy on any application: approve it, block it, nudge users toward alternatives, or mark it as tolerated. Role, team, and individual user exceptions layer on top of a base policy, with no parallel rule sets to manage. For example, Social Media apps can be blocked for everyone while remaining approved for the Marketing team. Newly discovered apps inherit the organization’s default state automatically. For more information see App Usage Policies.

Safer web controls with User Risk

User Risk now gives administrators browser-level controls that govern what employees can do on a site, not just whether they can access it. Administrators can prevent employees from pasting or uploading sensitive data into shadow AI tools. Corporate sign-in can be enforced on approved apps. Predictable passwords are flagged before they’re set. For more information see Browser Defense Policies.

Email notifications for expiring additional evidence

In addition to in-app notifications, Vendor Risk users can now enable email notifications when additional evidence documents are approaching their expiry date.

Other improvements

  • Vendor Risk users can now export Incidents and News data to Excel for their own organization and their vendors.
  • Vendor Risk risk assessment templates now support using merge tags within HTML content, allowing HTML styling to dynamically change based on vendor attributes.
  • Breach Risk and Vendor Risk now include Bootstrap version detection, enabling identification of assets running outdated or vulnerable Bootstrap versions.
  • When uploading documents to the Trust Center content library, duplicate files are now flagged inline with a blue pill indicator, allowing users to view and manage all duplicates at a glance rather than resolving them one by one.
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UpGuard Release Notes

Learn about new features, changes, and improvements to UpGuard.

Brand impersonation detection across mobile app stores

Mark Barber September 9, 2026
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Clearer citations and timeline for Security Profile checks

Mark Barber August 26, 2026
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Subprocessors in Trust Center

Mark Barber August 12, 2026
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Cloud and core infrastructure frameworks in Security Profile

Mark Barber July 29, 2026
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Complete questionnaires without closing remediation

Mark Barber July 15, 2026
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Company name aliases for smarter detection

Mark Barber July 1, 2026
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FortiBleed Exposure Detection

Mark Barber June 25, 2026
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New threat signal: Published MCP server definitions

Mark Barber June 3, 2026
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