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Introducing LastPass Insider, Our Quarterly Features Update 

Molly AldrichNovember 03, 2021
Introducing LastPass Insider, Our Quarterly Features Update 
Welcome to the first edition of LastPass Insider, our quarterly features update, where we’ll look at what’s new with LastPass – across our Business and Consumer product offerings - and what’s coming soon to the world of password management, all in one view! We’re excited to share what we’ve been working on to drive improvements across LastPass and create a better experience for everyone.  So, whether you secure your business with LastPass or use it to keep your personal or family’s credentials safe, read on to learn more about what you can explore today, and what's just around the corner.  Welcome to LastPass Insider!

What’s new and available now

If you use LastPass for your business:  Advanced MFA for Workstations and VPNs LastPass’s Advanced MFA offering now delivers MFA on top of the Workstation for both Windows and macOS. Add a layer of security to your workstations by requiring a secondary authentication prompt on top of the password – no end user configuration required!  In addition, LastPass released Universal Proxy 4.0 that provides additional security to VPN access. Universal Proxy 4.0 delivers improved efficiency, increased scalability, and more authentication methods (time-based 6-digit code, call, or text). LastPass's VPAT report Continuing our accessibility journey, LastPass conducted an Accessibility Conformance Report to assess progress and identity areas that require further accessibility improvements. This analysis resulted in 83% WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.1 AA Compliance, which can be found in our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) report. Learn more about LastPass's VPAT report here. If you use LastPass to secure your personal credentials:  Account Recovery improvement Explore this new Account Recovery option: set up via the LastPass web vault. You can now set up Account Recovery via the web vault in addition to the browser extension and/or mobile app. More account recovery options means that you’ll always be able to recover your account should you ever forget your Master Password.   Android “Save and Fill” improvement  LastPass’s “Save and Fill” functionality on Android received a makeover to increase reliability and work better on common sites. You’ll continue to see this feature improve over time, and we’re excited to get these first – of many improvement iterations -- out the door and in the hands of our users! Secondary onboarding for iOS  Say hello to a brand-new onboarding flow on iOS that’ll guide you through critical steps to set up your account properly. These steps include turning on Face ID, adding your first password, generating a password, and more. To get started, download our app and log into LastPass on your iPhone or iPad.   Generate Password improvements iOS  This is a request we’ve heard from our users, and we’re happy to share that we’ve improved our generate password functionality on iOS for a more seamless and easier user experience.

Keep an eye out for what’s coming soon

If you use LastPass for your business:  Federation page and custom admins user status  The Federation Configuration page will migrate to the new Admin console so that admins can configure Federation integrations and manage federated users within the same page. Additionally, on the federated Users page in the new Admin console, new Federated statuses will be added. Enjoy this holistic view of your users and all statuses that apply to them in one location in the new Admin console.    You'll also be able to grant limited Admin access through the creation of new admin levels, along with the ability to edit or delete the roles and levels within the new Admin console.   MFA security policy in LastPass Business  The New MFA security policy will allow Admins to override the default authentication methods that users can utilize when accessing the LastPass vault.  With this release, Admins can now select which authentication methods to enable when users are accessing the LastPass vault. For example, an Admin can choose to enable TOTP, text, and Yubikey for their users.   Google Workspace Integration LastPass federation services will integrate with Google Workspace soon. Add layers of security without adding complexity for employees.  Sync your Google Directory with LastPass to easily provision employees to streamline adding and removing users.  Once your Directory is integrated with LastPass, federate to enable a seamless login experience that provides users access to LastPass using their Google credentials, improving ease of use and driving adoption across your team. Business Policy Consolidation for Dark Web Monitoring Control Better manage your user’s Dark Web Monitoring (DWM) capabilities. Soon, the "Disable Password Ping checks" and "Check for compromised accounts" policies will be consolidated into one policy that provides granular control over this premium feature.  Your new Dark Web Monitoring policy will allow you to:
  • Turn on DWM and enable end users to control it
  • Turn on DWM for all end users and reside control with the admin
  • Turn off DWM for all end-users and reside control with the admin. End-users cannot use DWM
If you use LastPass to secure your personal credentials:  Security Dashboard updates  Your Security Dashboard will be the sole location to assess password security and monitor your accounts for data breaches. You can view your security score and see a list of weak and/or reused passwords to improve your score immediately. Save and fill improvements We’re improving our user interface and making the entire save and fill experience more intuitive and user-friendly. We’ll let you know when we’re live, but for a sneak preview of what’s to come, you can expect to see prompted saves of credit cards and addresses, a reduction in native browser password interface, disabling Google Password Manager pop-ups, and a new in-field experience. Sharing improvements for LastPass Families This release will allow the Families manager to share items when inviting family/friends to join their LastPass Families account, making getting folks started with LastPass a little bit more intuitive and seamless.  Like this Insider look into LastPass? Be sure to sign up for our quarterly newsletter to get the latest and greatest on LastPass in your mailbox. As for us, we’ve got lots of new features to work on for next time. See you then!