{"id":6834,"date":"2023-11-21T06:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T06:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teramind.co\/blog\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:03:37","slug":"introducing-new-features-across-the-platform-release-650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teramind.co\/blog\/introducing-new-features-across-the-platform-release-650\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing New Features Across the Platform | Release 650"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Check out the highlights from our most recent update, Platform Release 650. This is our biggest release so far with 457 features, improvements, and bug fixes. See the highlights below. For a full rundown, check out the complete Release Notes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Intelligence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Map Employee Locations with the Geo Chart Widget<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have added a new Geo<\/strong> chart widget that will let you plot geolocation coordinates on a map. This will help you visualize employee whereabouts instead of trying to figure out the location coordinates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can add the Geo widget to any custom BI reports including a clone of the existing Geolocation<\/em> report. You can plot the coordinates with a secondary dimension such as Employee<\/em>, Computer<\/em>, etc. and measure it against Count<\/em>, Time<\/em>, Latitude<\/em>, Longitude<\/em>, Error Radius<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Geo<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Migrate to Better Analytics and Reporting with the New BI Additions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have added Instant Messages<\/strong>, Network Monitoring<\/strong> and Camera Usage<\/strong> reports (and associated Data Sources<\/em>) to the BI Reports<\/em>. Previously, these were only available under the Monitoring<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migrating to the newer, BI versions of these reports will help you conduct thorough analysis and flexible reporting with powerful tools such as advanced filters, customized widgets, charts and more. You can even create your own custom reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"BI<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Behavior Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Detect Sensitive Information on the Fly with the Keystrokes Content Sharing Rule<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Previously, you could detect keystrokes and identify texts or words with the Keystrokes<\/strong> Activity Rule<\/em>. Now, with the new Keystrokes<\/strong> Content Sharing Rule<\/em>, you can compare keyboard inputs against sensitive information using the Predefined Classified Data<\/em> (e.g., Financial Data, Personally Identifiable Data,  Health Data, etc.) or your own custom data definitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This rule will be useful to detect data exfiltration attempts or implement etiquette rules (e.g., warn users when they type any swear words in a chat conversation) in virtually any applications or documents in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Keystrokes<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Discover System Incidents, Security Gaps and More with the Windows Log Event Rule<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nThis is a preview feature and might not always produce the expected results. We do not recommend using it for any critical operations.\n\nWe also do not recommend using this rule on a shared machine such as a Citrix\/RDP server. There are often multiple users – all contributing to a much bigger event log. This might cause performance issues.\n\nIf you have any feedback or bug reports about this feature, please send them to support@teramind.co<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Windows keeps a chronological log of events for application activities, system changes, security incidents, hardware triggers, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have added a new, Windows Log Event<\/strong> Activity Rule<\/em> that will help you detect these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ability to detect these events is a very powerful tool because it allows an administrator to identify issues with the computer, discover security gaps and stop potential threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows Log Event rules will allow you to detect these Windows events by their IDs. For example, an Event ID of 4738 is triggered every time a user object is changed. This type of change might indicate malicious intent, a precursor to account compromise or insider attacks. In this case, you can use the Windows Log Event to detect such events and send an alert to an admin to take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For step-by-step instructions on how to create such as rule, please check out the Rule Sample 6: Using Windows Log Event to Detect Software Installation\/Uninstallation<\/a> section in the Rules Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administration and Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Provide Department Managers Better Team Visibility with the Daily Snapshot Report<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Previously, only administrators received the Daily Digest \/ Daily Snapshot email report. Now, you can enable this feature for Department Managers too – giving them better visibility into their teams’ performance on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can use the SEND DAILY SNAPSHOT EMAILS TO DEPARTMENT MANAGERS<\/strong> option on the Settings<\/em> > Security screen<\/em> to enable\/disable this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Daily<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t Miss Out, Get Notified when License Limit Causes Monitoring to Stop<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When your users\/endpoints exceed the license count, monitoring will stop for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have added a new tab,  License Alerts<\/strong> on the Settings<\/em> screen which will let administrators receive email alerts when users\/computers exceed the allotted number of licenses. This will help you take immediate action so that you don\u2019t miss out on those users\/computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"License<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Enterprise Integrations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Get Active Directory on Your Cloud Instance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nAt the moment, this is a feature on request. Please reach out to your Customer Support\/Account Representative to activate the feature on your instance.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

We have added support for Active Directory<\/strong> integration on Cloud instances. Previously, only On-Premise\/Private Cloud deployments and custom deployments had AD support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Active<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sync with Multiple AD Domains\/Servers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nAt the moment, this is a feature on request. Please reach out to your Customer Support\/Account Representative to activate the feature on your instance.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

We have added support for multiple domains\/servers in Active Directory<\/strong>. This will help you bring your users\/computers from different organization units into Teramind without having to switch accounts, go through a complicated setup process, or domain merging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can add multiple domains\/servers tabs and configure them independently from the Settings<\/em> > Active Directory <\/em>screen. Use Plus +<\/strong> icon to add a new tab and the Trash Can <\/strong>icon to remove a tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sync<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Get Better Context with Attributes in Alert Notification Emails<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have added a new Alerts <\/strong>option, AGENT ATTRIBUTES TO USE FOR NOTIFICATIONS<\/strong> to the Settings<\/em> > Alerts<\/em> screen. This option will allow you to choose LDAP attributes that will be added to the rule alert notification emails giving you better context about the incident and user(s) involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"LDAP<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mac<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Extend Websites Monitoring to Firefox and Opera Browsers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Mac Agent could monitor user activities on the Apple Safari, Google Chrome and Brave browsers only. Now, we have added support for Firefox and Opera browsers allowing you to extend your web monitoring capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will be able to see website activities on reports like BI Reports<\/em> > Applications & Websites<\/em>, Monitoring<\/em> > Web Pages & Applications<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Websites<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Create Flexible Websites Rules with the Webpage Title Criterion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Webpages<\/strong> rule now supports the Webpage Title<\/strong> criterion allowing you to create more flexible website-based rules quickly and easily. For example, specifying \u201cnews\u201d will detect both https:\/\/www.bbc.com<\/code> and https:\/\/edition.cnn.com<\/code> as they both contain \u201cnews\u201d in their page titles. Whereas, with the Webpage URL<\/em> criterion you will have to specify individual URLs for the sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Webpage<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To learn more, check out the Activity Rules > Webpages<\/a> section of the Rules Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monitor Locked Session for Continuous Time Tracking<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have enabled support for the RECORD LOCKED SESSIONS<\/strong> option available on the Monitoring Settings<\/em> > Monitoring Profile<\/em> > Screen<\/em> panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will allow you to continue recording and track time even when the user locks their computer. It will also work when the screen saver gets activated, or when an RDP (remote desktop session) window is minimized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Locked<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Please note that this feature affects how the user’s work time, idle time, session time, etc. are calculated and what information is displayed on the Dashboard. To learn more, check out the Monitoring Settings > Editing Screen Settings<\/a> section of the User Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limit Offline Recording with the Buffer Size Option<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have enabled support for the OFFLINE RECORDING BUFFER SIZE (MB)<\/strong> option available on the Monitoring Settings<\/em> > Monitoring Profile<\/em> > Offline Recording<\/em> panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this option, you will be able to configure how much disk space the Agent will use before it stops capturing the screen recordings in offline mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Offline<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To learn more, check out the Monitoring Settings > Editing Offline Recording Settings<\/a> section of the User Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detect Data Leaks by Tracking File Transfers on External Drives<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have enabled support for the TRACK EXTERNAL DRIVES<\/strong> option available on the Monitoring Settings<\/em> > Monitoring Profile<\/em> > File Transfers<\/em> panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

External drives are a common vector for data exfiltration. With this feature you will be able to easily identify such activities from reports like the BI Reports<\/em> > File Events<\/em>, Monitoring<\/em> > File Transfers <\/em>and Employees<\/em> > Employee’s Details<\/em> > File Transfers tab<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"File<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To learn more, check out the Monitoring Settings > Editing File Transfers Settings<\/a> section of the User Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect Over a SOCKS Proxy for Security and Performance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Many organizations use SOCKS proxies for security, compatibility, performance, or anonymity purposes. Previously, Teramind Agent couldn’t connect to its server if you were using any SOCKS proxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we are adding several Agent Configuration Parameters (socks-server<\/code>, socks-port<\/code>, socks-user<\/code>, socks-password<\/code>, socks-version5<\/code>) that will let you connect to a SOCKS server easily.<\/p>\n