What are the benefits of upgrading to the new generation of the Scanner Appliance?

We have released a new generation of the Scanner Appliance with major improvements. We recommend that all customers upgrade to the new version as soon as possible.

Due to the major improvements, it's unavailable as an update for all previous versions of the Scanner Appliance, meaning that the new generation (revision 49+) of Scanner Appliance is only available as a new image and requires a new installation. The existing generation (revision 48) of the Scanner Appliance will continue to be supported until 2024-03-01. 

Benefits of the new Scanner Appliance

• New architecture on the latest technology platform.
• Several updates will improve the overall user experience and provide the latest versions of our scan engines.  
• The new web application scan engine is now up to date with the one used for external scans and will continue to be updated frequently as we have new releases. This will result in the latest coverage for web applications and APIs now available on the Scanner Appliance.
• The systems and network scan engine have been updated to align with external scans, improving performance and stability across all your scans.  
• A completely revamped user interface is available in the console interface when setting up, configuring, and troubleshooting the Scanner Appliance. This will improve the experience for users and make it smoother to manage. 

How to upgrade

Read more about how to upgrade to the newest Scanner Appliance image in this article: https://support.holmsecurity.com/knowledge/how-do-i-upgrade-to-the-new-generation-scanner-appliance