Parallels Browser Isolation: Updates Summary

Parallels Browser Isolation 20241106 (6 November 2024)

• Fixed: This release contains optimization of the underlying infrastructure, with no updates or changes to the product interface, features, or functionality.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20241021 (21 October 2024)

• Fixed: Denial of service vulnerability CVE-2024-47874.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20241016 (16 October 2024)

• New: Introduced a new security control in Policies that allows disabling the keyboard for browser sessions.
• New: The ability to download reports from the Insights category in the XLSX format.

• Improved: The Overview category now allows you to view the insights for multiple time presets (1 day, 1 week, 1 quarter, 1 year, and YTD).

• Fixed: The Live Reports category now shows a record per each tab opened in Parallels Browser Isolation User Portal as opposed to a record per session.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240926 (26 September 2024)

• Fixed: Issues in the Domain Whitelisting feature.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240923 (23 September 2024)

• New: Introduced the "Domain whitelisting -- Learn and Discover" feature for secure web applications.
• New: Introduced multi-tab support for browser sessions.
• New: Added buttons "Home", "Back, "Forward", "Refresh", "Print", and "Info" to the browser toolbar.

• Improved: The "Applications" category has been redesigned and now has a quick access page for easier and faster navigation when viewing and editing applications.
• Improved: The number of items per page is now remembered when an administrator navigates away from tables in Parallels Browser Isolation Management Portal.
• Improved: The application launcher design is updated.

• Fixed: The bug where the "Disable downloads" policy did not disable downloads in the PDF viewer.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240821 (21 August 2024)

• New: New charts are added to Insights: "Top 5 Users with the Most Security Control Encounters (User Name vs. Total Encounters Per User)" and "Top 5 Regions with the Most Users (Region Name vs. User Count Per Region)".
• New: The "Page not found" error message is implemented for invalid URLs.

• Improved: Introduced a Quick Access pane to provide easier and faster navigation for viewing and editing policies.

• Fixed: When a policy was assigned to a single user or group, and this user or group was deleted via the User Management category, all policies became unavailable.
• Fixed: When an owner provided an incorrect domain name and clicked the Test Configuration button, the test passed.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240724 (24 July 2024)

• New: Test IdP Configuration feature is added.

• Fixed: Issue with clipboard commands on Mac devices--the Command key can now be used instead of the Ctrl key.
• Fixed: Known issue of briefly seeing the sign-in option even after signing in.
• Fixed: Email field on the sign-in form was case sensitive.
• Fixed: "Security control" column in the Policies category was showing incorrect status.
• Fixed: If a domain contained capital letters, they were resolved to lowercase when a user was added as an administrator.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240627 (27 June 2024)

• New: Ability to upload domains in bulk when creating policies and secure web applications.
• New: Option to provide feedback in Management Portal and Owner Portal.
• New: Alerts are shown when an administrator is removed.

• Improved: When a user connects to an application, a banner indicating a secure session is shown instead of a blue toast notification. The banner also displays the policies that are in effect.
• Improved: When the toggles in the Users and Groups or Location sections are enabled, but no users, groups, or locations are added, a warning is shown.
• Improved: When navigating using the address bar in a secure browser, "https://" is added to addresses automatically.
• Improved: The list of administrators should include at least one user or group to avoid potential access issues.
• Improved: Errors related to removing users and groups are more clear.

• Fixed: When a user is signed out and navigates to the Sign In page, they see Dashboard for a moment.
• Fixed: Bug related to not showing user email in User Events and Admin Events in case the user was deleted.
• Fixed: Error message improvement for the time range picker on the Policy form.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240523 (23 May 2024)

• New: Added the Insights section containing key metrics to the Overview category.
• New: Added support for OKTA and Google OIDC IdPs.

• Improved: OIDC errors related to domains, configuration URLs, and claims are now handled at login for users and administrators.
• Improved: Help text for OIDC configuration in Owner Portal has been enhanced.
• Improved: Added a warning pop-up for when users and groups are not added to an application while editing or publishing it.
• Improved: User and Admin audit improved by adding new entries for license and sign-in related errors.
• Improved: Updated Chromium/CEF to 124.0.6367.201.
• Improved: UI changes to Live Reports and Events tables in terms of hovering and highlights.

• Fixed: Bugs related to not having administrators or users added to an application.

Parallels Browser Isolation 20240408 (8 April 2024)

• New: Added Usage based Metrics (SPLA) Subscription.

• Improved: Chrome upgraded to version 122.
• Improved: The "More Info Audits" pane now have timezones added to events.
• Improved: A user notification was added to show that uploads are blocked by default.
• Improved: Added an option to disable remote clipboard via browser permissions.

• Fixed: When an Owner was simultaneously signed into My Account, Owner Portal, and Management Portal, switching from My Account to Owner Portal caused automatic sign out from Management Portal.
• Fixed: Issue where an empty row appeared on the "Edit application" form when a user, group, or policy was deleted.

Parallels Browser Isolation Availability (12 March 2024)
We're proud to announce Parallels Browser Isolation, a cloud-native Browser Isolation service.

Parallels Browser Isolation provides a secure way to access web applications, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and other cloud-based applications, right from your favourite web browser on your laptop or desktop.  

Fast, easy onboarding and management:

• Modern, web-based management portal.
• Rich, at-a-glance dashboard view of registered users.
• A frictionless onboarding and management experience that's simple and easy to use.

Security based, cloud-native architecture:

• Robust security with unique control & data isolation.
• Unique and flexible architecture that improves security through remote browser isolation.

Zero Trust:

• Designed from the ground up to never assume trust and continually verify identity for uncompromising cybersecurity.
• Ensuring secure access to SaaS and enterprise web apps is crucial as organizations adopt public SaaS solutions and need to protect their data even when managed by external vendors.

System management:

• Easy to use management portal.
• Publish apps and configure policies in a quick, easy, and intuitive manner.

User management:

• Cloud-based identity & access service authenticated via Open ID Connect (OKTA, Entra ID, Google, etc.).
• Parallels My Account integration for administrative access.
• Rich, at-a-glance dashboard view of registered users.

User experience:

• Bring your own browser to access PBI.
• Superior end-user experience and productivity.
• No infrastructure setup or any sort of tool installation is required.

Known issues
To access information on known issues and their resolutions, please refer to the article: Parallels Browser Isolation Known Issues
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