New hardening settings for baseline version 5.0

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title: New hardening settings for baseline version 5.0
description: New hardening settings have been released with Security Center baseline version 5.0.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Instance Security Hardening Settings
classification: instance-security-hardening-settings
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [New hardening settings, Baseline versions, Hardening settings, Platform Security]
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# New hardening settings for baseline version 5.0

New hardening settings have been released with Security Center baseline version 5.0.

-   [Enforce ACL on HR lifecycle events data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-enforce-acl-on-hr-lifecycle-events-data.md)
-   [Sanitize All Translated HTML Fields](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-sanitize-all-translated-html-fields.md)
-   [Configure service portal widgets allow list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-configure-service-portal-widgets-allow-list.md)
-   [Enforce ACL on HR Core Data \[New in Security Center 2.0\]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-enforce-acl-on-hr-core-data.md)
-   [Enforce ACL on HR Virtual Agent Data \[New in Security Center 2.0\]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-enforce-acl-on-hr-virtual-agent-data.md)
-   [Configure service portal widgets table allow list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-configure-service-portal-widgets-table-allow-list.md)
-   [Enforce Security Scope for Service Application Information \[New in Security Center 2.0\]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-enforce-security-scope-for-service-application-information.md)
-   [Prevent empty ACL creation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-prevent-empty-acl-creation.md)
-   [Prevent Unauthenticated Access to Virtual Agent Embedded Web Client](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-publicly-exposed-virtual-agent-embedded-web-client.md)
-   [Set automatic token cleanup for token credentials](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-set-automatic-token-cleanup-for-token-credentials.md)
-   [Restrict Global App Development by Role](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-restrict-global-app-development-by-role.md)
-   [Enable ACLs for Encoded Query in Simple List Widget](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-enable-acls-for-encoded-query-in-simple-list-widget.md)
-   [Invalidate Session After OAuth Token Expiration \[New in Security Center 2.0\]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-invalidate-session-after-oauth-token-expiration.md)
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-   [Restrict Impersonation to Admin](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-restrict-impersonation-to-admin.md)

**Parent Topic:**[New hardening settings](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/hardening-settings-new.md)