[26.05] KI - May 15, 2026

This article provides an overview of the new features, improvements, and on-premises scanner updates in the Fortanix Key Insight 26.05 release.

1.0 New Features

• Fortanix Key Insight now supports scanning network logs on Linux using network security monitoring frameworks (such as Zeek) to discover cryptographic assets and analyze metadata across network-connected systems (JIRA: KI-3362).

  • A new NETWORKS tab has been added to the Overview, Assessment, and Cryptographic Assets pages for on-premises connections, providing details about the scanned network assets and associated resources.

  

   

  

   

  

  For more information, refer to the following guides:

  • Network Infrastructure

  • File System and Network Scanner Agent Configuration File

  • Getting Started with On-premises Connection

  • Networks - User Interface Components

• Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8) for the Fortanix On-premises Scanner and File System Scanner Agent packages (JIRA: KI-4457).

  • Starting with this release, support for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 has been discontinued for the Fortanix On-premises Scanner and File System and Network Scanner Agent packages.

  For more information, refer to the following guides:

  • Getting Started with On-premises Connection

  • On-premises Scanner Configuration - Linux

  • File System and Network Scanner Agent Configuration - Linux

  • Downloads - Fortanix On-premises Scanner

  • Downloads - File System and Network Scanner Agent - Linux

2.0 Improvements

• Improved the Fortanix On-Premises Scanner to run as a managed service on Windows and Linux, providing enhanced reliability, lifecycle management, and continuous operation (KI: JIRA-4648).

  For more information, refer to the following guides:

  • On-premises Scanner Configuration - Linux

  • On-premises Scanner Configuration - Windows

• Enhanced security across on-premises deployments by providing an option to store all sensitive credentials (API keys, tokens, passwords, and so on) in Base64-encoded format instead of clear text in environment variables and configuration files (JIRA: KI-4823).

  For more information, refer to On-premises Scanner Configuration File.

• Added support for Cryptographic Asset Types in the on-premises Containers and Source Code Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) dashboard to reflect the PQC readiness (KI: JIRA-4784).

  For more information, refer to PQC Central - User Interface Components.

• Updated the authentication option titles across Fortanix Key Insight Cloud and CyberArk (SaaS) connection onboarding flows to improve clarity and consistency (JIRA: KI-4679).

  

3.0 On-premises Scanner Updates

• Enhanced the Fortanix On-premises Scanner with the following (JIRA: KI-2774):

  • Renamed the fs_accumulator parameter to accumulator in the File System configuration for improved clarity and consistency.

  For more information, refer to On-premises Scanner Configuration File.

• Enhanced the File System Scanner Agent with the following (JIRA: KI-2774):

  • Renamed the File System Scanner Agent to the File System and Network Scanner Agent for Linux systems to support network log scanning capabilities.

  • Added the network_scan_enabled and filesystem_scan_enabled parameters to the File System and Network Scanner Agent configuration file (Linux) to enable network log scanning, including cryptographic asset metadata.

  For more information, refer to File System and Network Scanner Agent Configuration File.

4.0 Installation