Current release: 5.8.0

Version 5.8 of Cequence Defender was released November 24, 2025.

Base image version update

The base image for this release has been updated to RHEL release 10.1. This also updates versions of several components and utilities.

Features & Enhancements

Sensitive Data Detection and Masking

• DEF-1945: Added validator support in SDE configuration and discontinued NLP-based detection
• DEF-1958: Updated reported field path for detected Sensitive Data Elements (SDE) to improve visibility
• DEF-1965: Added SDE regex validator API for custom pattern validation
• DEF-1922: Applied SDE based on metadata instead of transaction-source flag for more flexible data protection policies

Performance & Monitoring

• DEF-1948: Added configuration for sensor-connector process to optimize memory usage
• DEF-1949: Added SDE cache memory metrics for better observability
• DEF-1917: Implemented config updater metrics to track configuration changes

Infrastructure

• DEF-1900: Configured the Internal Bridge to mask all data by default for enhanced security
• DEF-1935: Migrated base image to UBI 10 (Universal Base Image) for improved security and compliance

Image locations for on-premises deployments

Your Cequence team provides you with GitLab credentials for the Cequence image registry. Before downloading Docker images, establish credentials by running the following commands:

export GITLAB_USER = <user provided by cequence>
export GITLAB_PASS = <token provided by cequence>
docker login registry.gitlab.com -u $GITLAB_USER -p $GITLAB_PASS

To pull an image from the registry, run the following Docker command.

docker pull <image repository URL>

Compatibility