Important Announcement: HCL AppScan Plans Licensing Changes to Take Effect June 2025

HCL AppScan is widely recognized as an industry leader in application security testing. Our platforms and solutions empower developers, DevOps, and security teams with a powerful suite of technologies like DAST, SAST, IAST, SCA & SSCS to pinpoint vulnerabilities in applications and APIs for quick remediation in every phase of the software development lifecycle.

As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance our products and services, we are excited to announce our twelve month roadmap for increased feature functionality across all of our solutions with the release of new version updates, a new distribution and license management platform, and end-of-support for versions using the current licensing system (versions 10.0.0–10.6.0*).

New License Roadmap for On-premise Products

(HCL AppScan Standard, HCL AppScan Enterprise, HCL AppScan Source)

HCL AppScan is updating our distribution and license management with a new platform where customers can choose the latest licenses, reduce the risk of unauthorized usage, and ensure the most updated security compliance.

In order to smoothly migrate customers to the new My HCLSoftware (MHS) platform, we will be providing a number of version updates with feature upgrades and new licensing models. The current distribution and license management platform will reach the end of support on June 30th, 2025.

Customers can take advantage of this transition during either of two phases:

Intermediate Phase

Customers who upgrade to Version 10.7.0 release (planned for October 2024) will incorporate an interim licensing capability with support assured through June 30, 2025. Customers that choose this intermediate phase option will need to upgrade again to a later version incorporating the long-term licensing capability prior to this version’s end of support date.

Long-term Phase

The new My HCLSoftware (MHS) platform for distribution and license management will be updated with later versions of HCL AppScan Standard, HCL AppScan Enterprise and HCL AppScan Source. These versions will incorporate the long-term licensing capability enabled through the MHS platform and will be released and available by June 30, 2025.

HCLSoftware will provide additional information and instructions as needed throughout this migration period.

Next Step for On-Premise Customers

Customers should migrate to HCL AppScan 10.7.0 or higher prior to June 29, 2025.

You can choose to upgrade to an intermediate solution (Version 10.7.0 or higher), or wait for a version that includes the new MHS platform for distribution and license management, to be released prior to June 2025. We recommend our customers plan a migration to version 10.7.0 or higher as soon as it becomes available to allow enough time for the transition.

Customers using a Local License Server (LLS) will need to install a new LLS server when they upgrade to 10.9.0 or higher by the end of June 2025.

Support for HCL AppScan versions 10.0.0–10.6.0 will end on June 30, 2025. For more information, please visit the HCLSoftware Product Lifecycle Page.

New License Impact for Cloud and Cloud-Native Products

Customers using HCL AppScan on Cloud (ASoC) and HCL AppScan 360º will also be migrated to the new MHS platform for distribution and license management.

In the case of ASoC, which is a managed SaaS offering, migration will take place as part of the continuous delivery cycle without any interruption in service.

There will also be no end of service for current users of HCL AppScan 360º on an existing license. Beginning in Q2 2025, customers requesting new licenses or entitlements will be migrated to a version of HCL AppScan 360º that supports the MHS platform.

HCL AppScan is dedicated to making these changes as smooth as possible. We appreciate your continued trust in our products and services.

Learn more about all the HCL AppScan application security solutions.

* List of all versions that will be end of support on June 30, 2025: 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5, 10.0.6, 10.0.7, 10.0.8, 10.1.x, 10.2.x, 10.3.x, 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x