New features

This release of the product includes these new features. For more information and configuration instructions, see the Forcepoint Network Security Platform Product Guide and the Forcepoint Network Security Platform Installation Guide.

Post-quantum Security for IPsec VPNs

Post-quantum security is now supported for site-to-site IPsec VPN tunnels by mixing preshared keys in the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) as specified in RFC 8784.

SMC Web Access certificate authentication

The SMC Web Access UI can authenticate administrators utilizing client certificates.

Read-only Web Portal UI for admins (Experimental)

The previously deprecated Web Portal UI functionality re-implemented utilizing the SMC API can now be enabled via SMC API settings of the Management Server. The old Web Portal UI will no longer be available in SMC 7.3.0.