Senteon 2.6.1-1 Platform Update: Expanded Customization, CIS-L2, and BitLocker Support

Senteon’s latest platform update (2.6.1-1) delivers one of our most flexibility-focused releases to date. This update expands customization capabilities, adds new add-on profiles, and strengthens the configuration engine to better support complex real-world environments.

If your organization relies on precise endpoint configuration, CIS alignment, or CMMC-related controls, this release provides meaningful improvements.

Full technical details are available in the official changelog here:
https://senteon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog_core/

New Add-On Profiles Available (Upon Request)

We’ve introduced three new add-on profiles:

• CIS-L2 (Based on Windows Workstation recommendations)
  
• CIS “Legacy Settings” (Settings previously included in CIS benchmarks but later removed)
  
• BitLocker

These profiles give organizations greater flexibility when tailoring baselines to meet specific security or compliance objectives.

For teams working toward CIS alignment or layered endpoint protection strategies, these additions provide stronger coverage options without sacrificing control.

Custom Option Selectors: Full List Control 

 One of the most impactful improvements in this release is the addition of Custom Option Selectors for settings that configure lists.

This includes settings such as:

• User Rights Assignments
  
• Named Pipes
  
• Remotely-accessible network drives
  
• Other list-based configurations
  

Users can now:

• Add entries
  
• Remove entries
  
• Modify entries
  
• Reset to the default recommended + acceptable list
  

The initial list includes all recommended entries plus any acceptable options. A reset button allows users to revert back to that baseline state at any time.

This gives administrators true flexibility while maintaining guardrails aligned to best practices.

Custom SID and Username Support for User Rights Assignments 

User Rights Assignment settings now support specifying identities by either:

• Username
  
• SID (Security Identifier)
  

If you enter a well-known SID, the platform automatically resolves it to the corresponding username. If specifying a SID manually, simply prepend the input with *.

This enhancement improves clarity and compatibility across environments, particularly in enterprise or domain-heavy deployments.

Support for Settings Without Explicit Recommended Values

 Some settings do not have a single universal “recommended” value — and forcing one would contradict their design intent.

This update adds support for those settings by:

• Preventing them from being labeled as “Compliant-Recommended”
  
• Treating them only as “Compliant-Acceptable”
  
• Assigning randomized inputs during Mass Actions when applicable
  

This ensures flexibility while preserving reporting integrity.

Registry-Key Level Support & Configuration Engine Refactor 

We’ve added support for settings that affect an entire registry key rather than a single value.

To enable this, a substantial refactor was performed within the configuration engine. This refactor:

• Improves long-term extensibility
  
• Makes it easier to support new and complex setting behaviors
  
• Reduces future friction when expanding setting types
  

As a result of this refactor:

• Some settings previously treated as case-sensitive may no longer be case-sensitive
  
• Not all setting types were affected, so some case-sensitivity behaviors may still exist
  

This architectural work lays the foundation for continued expansion in how Senteon handles configuration enforcement at scale.

App Versions 

• Senteon Agent 2.6.1.1
• Senteon Command Center 2.6.1.1

Why This Update Matters 

 This release isn’t just about new profiles — it’s about giving teams:

• Greater control over configuration details
  
• Better handling of complex environments
  
• Improved long-term platform flexibility
  
• Expanded support for CIS-aligned and encryption-based configurations
  

As organizations continue to strengthen endpoint security and align to frameworks such as CIS and NIST 800-171, flexibility and precision become increasingly important.

Senteon 2.6.1-1 delivers both.

For full technical documentation, review the complete changelog here:
https://senteon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog_core/

If you’d like to see these features in action, you can request a demo here:
https://senteon.co/book-demo