Windows Host Shield Release Notes

0.7.1 April 15, 2025

Enhancements

Kubernetes Cluster Name in Metrics

Metrics message tags now include the Kubernetes cluster name for better traceability.

Improved Metrics Resiliency

Enhanced the internal Agent metrics sender infrastructure to increase reliability and fault tolerance.

0.7.0 March 31, 2025

Introducing Host Shield on Windows! Host Shield simplifies the deployment, management, and configuration of Sysdig security tools by consolidating components such as Runtime Threat Detection, Host Scanner and Posture into Host Shield.

Enhancements

Posture for Windows Server in Standalone Hosts

Sysdig now provides compliance scanning for Windows Server standalone hosts, enabling security and regulatory compliance checks for Windows environments. This feature helps organizations enforce compliance policies and detect security misconfiguration.

This feature only supports standalone Windows Server hosts. It does not apply to Windows Server nodes running inside Kubernetes clusters or Containers based on Windows images.

Vulnerability Detection for Windows Server

• Adding detection for Windows Operating System Vulnerabilities sourced from Microsoft Security Response Center
• Adding detection for Non-OS Packages

Support for Custom CA Certificates from Windows Certificate Stores

You can use a custom CA certificate residing in Windows certificate stores

For installation steps, see Windows Hosts and Windows Kubernetes.

For more information, see Posture Policies Included.