Compliance and Security

This release includes the following compliance and security changes.

SHA-2 Support for CIC

CIC can now use SHA-2 certificates for communication between CIC and its subsystems. This update allows customers to use either SHA-1 or 256-bit SHA-2 for certificates signed by the CIC server group authority. For more information, see “SHA-2 Upgrade Overview” in the Security Features Technical Reference.

FIPS Compliance for JITC

CIC client applications can now operate in Windows environments where the System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing group policy is enabled.

Additional Password Policy Complexity Options

The CIC password policy now supports additional complexity options.

New password policy options