Veza Product Update - 2H 2023
Overview of platform enhancements from August-December 2023
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Overview of platform enhancements from August-December 2023
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The latter half of 2023 at Veza has been a journey of continuous innovation marked by a series of 25+ integrations and 40+ new features and capabilities. All these aim to fortify our Identity Security Platform for enterprise-wide access governance and introduce industry-leading features and functionality across product areas.
New integrations for Azure Cognitive Services, GitLab, OpenAI, New Relic, Solarwinds, YouTrack, and Rollbar.
Introduction of Dashboard Trends View with exports.
New Query Details page for saved assessments.
Enhanced Report Export to include all related entities and attributes.
Comprehensive Veza Analytics.
Access Reviews: option to filter by individual users and link to filtered views.
Major performance improvements in bulk actions and certification results.
Preview API operations for creating Workflows and Certifications.
Smart Actions API enhancements for Access Reviews.
Query Pipeline feature for complex filter construction.
Enhanced Tagged Entity Search with detailed views and export capabilities.
Snowflake Tags discovery and extended attribute support for Microsoft AD and AWS.
SCIM connector for user and group discovery.
Introduction of Audit Log APIs.
Launch of Veza Email Digests for critical information aggregation.
Multi-factor Authentication available for local users.
New integrations for MongoDB, NetSuite, Coupa, Slack, and Crowdstrike Falcon.
Introduction of Certification Action Log for detailed history tracking.
Mobile enhancements for Access Reviews, including swipe mode and Smart Actions.
Enhanced Certification Export for custom column selection and renaming.
Improved search for entities from Open Authorization API integrations.
Extended Microsoft Azure integrations with support for PostgreSQL, AKS, and Private Links.
Preview API for exporting Veza platform events.
New Integrations for Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and PingOne.
Risk Scores: Introduction of Risk Scores enabling users to effectively sort and compare risks with fast time to value on risk reduction.
Tags in Query Builder: Enhanced filtering and review capabilities for entities with tags.
Query Builder and Graph Search enhancements:
Flexible selection of source entity types in Query Builder.
Introduction of relative date filters for future dates in Query Builder.
New Query Builder columns for System and Effective Permissions.
Advanced search capabilities in scenarios involving nested entity types.
Improved Graph readability with optional visibility of certain entity types.
Query Builder exports now reflect changes in column ordering.
Extended maximum length for saved query descriptions.
Multiple Destinations for UAR: Enhanced flexibility when defining Access Review scope across multiple systems.
UAR / Access Certification Scheduling: Support for automated access review using scheduling rules.
Automated Intelligence: Use historical data to automate approvals or rejections for Access Reviews.
Veza Lifecycle Management: Policy-based provisioning and de-provisioning engine for Workday, Microsoft Active Directory, and custom identity providers / HRIS systems.
CSV Import: Ability to create custom providers and populate data sources from CSV files.
Extended support for Microsoft SharePoint Online Lists, Snowflake role types, AWS RDS MySQL system tables, and NetSuite insights.
API Keys for Teams: Introduction of non-root, read-only API access scoped to teams.
New integrations for Microsoft Dynamics 365,** Terraform**, Google Cloud SQL, and UKGPro.
Time Machine for UARs: Introduction of Access Certifications based on historical Authorization Graph data.
Details Sidebar: New sidebar for efficient navigation and decision-making during reviews.
Attribute Filter Combinations: Access Review queries can now use combinations of attribute filters with AND or OR operators.
Nested constraints: Added support for two levels of AND and OR operators for attribute filters, enabling more complex queries.
Filtered Permissions columns for Segregation of Duty (SoD) violation remediation.
Support for Kubernetes services on Google Cloud (GKE) and Microsoft Azure (AKS).
Active Directory support for cross-domain relationships.
Teams for role-based access control to Veza (now generally available).
New identity mapping configurations for correlating accounts across providers.
New integrations for Confluent Cloud, 1Password, and Privacera.
Notes for Risks: Ability to annotate risks and exceptions with custom notes and suppression reasons.
Risk Descriptions: Full explanations for built-in “critical” and “warning” risk assessments.
Access Review for individual users: Option to automatically open the Show Users list for filtering certifications on a single identity.
Risk Score Details: New modal explaining risk score calculations in Query Builder.
Support for gathering Okta MFA Factor Types.
Role Assignment Based on SSO Group Assignments: Ability to assign roles in Veza based on authorization provider group assignments for SSO users.
Access Reviews APIs and webhook payloads enhancements into intermediate entities.
Optimized Query Builder export performance.
Access Reviews:
Streamlined mobile experiences for access reviewers including swipe mode, filtering, and bulk actions.
Single Approve & Sign Off action for faster Access Certifications.
Added Grouped columns in certifications for better organization and readability.
Attributes for waypoint entities in Certifications for enhanced decision-making.
Certification exports now include additional decision-related columns.
Veza Search Improvements:
Continued unification across Query Builder, Access Reviews, and Authorization Graph search interfaces.
Enhanced the Save Query wizard for easier query management.
Improved Graph visualization of equivalent AWS Policy Statements and “Deny” relationships.
More entity types are now hidden by default for improved Graph readability.
Added alphabetical ordering when adding search constraints and enhanced filters for timestamp-type attributes.
Search sidebars are now collapsible when reviewing the search results.
Navigation and Usability Enhancements:
Revamped main Veza navigation for easier access to features and integrations.
New dashboard visualizations for critical integrations.
Added Identity Provider IDs in tooltips to support environments with multiple instances of the same integration type.
Clicking a tag (Veza Tags, AWS Tags, GCP Tags, etc.) now opens a tag overview page.
The Risks tab now includes entity IDs, suppression reasons, and notes.
Reports can now be modified directly from the Dashboards they appear on.
User Design Improvements:
Increased consistency across the UI for major components like creation wizards, tables, tabs, and dropdowns.
Refreshed and improved Integration Management experience on Configuration pages.
Simplified process for adding team members and roles on the User Management and Teams pages.
Renamed product sections and navigation for enhanced clarity.