Introduction

Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) is a next generation Secure access product, which offers fast and secure connection between remote users and their organization’s wider network. Ivanti Connect Secure modernizes VPN deployments and is loaded with features such as new end user experience, increased overall throughput and simplified appliance management.

Noteworthy Information

Security hardening features are not supported on IPS.

The checkbox under the option Booting Options on Integrity Check Failure at System > Configuration > Security > Miscellaneous becomes irrelevant. Boot time integrity checks performed by SecureBoot will stop the system booting if failure is detected.

Enable Prevent System Overload to proactively protect your Connect Secure infrastructure from heavy load or resource spikes. This is a best practice for mission-critical or high-utilization VPN environments.

With Q1 2026 Release of ICS, the default ESAP version will be 4.6.4. ESAP 4.6.4 has been released in Q2 2025.

Unsupported Features

Admin Access via External Interface is no longer supported in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) from Version 22.7R2.9, refer to article.

Ivanti Connect Secure: Features and Options Becoming Unsupported or Deprecated in 22.7Rx, 22.8Rx, and 25.x, refer to article.

Deprecation of TDI Fail-Over Option for Pulse SAM Connection, refer to article.

ICS running version 22.8R2 cannot be configured as a License Server, see Known Issues. However, a License Server running version 22.7Rx can still provide licenses to an ICS 22.8R2 instance acting as a license client.