Assure Version 5.21 is the final release in the Assure 5.x series, bringing a solid set of improvements designed to support schools as technology evolves, while paving the way for the next significant phase of Assure development.
This release strengthens device compatibility, improves visibility into AI activity, enhances security controls, and expands integrations with security platforms.
In this release, we continue to focus on ensuring students stay safe online, no matter the device they use or the new tools they explore. Key updates include:
As Windows on ARM and Copilot+ devices gain more traction in schools, Assure’s Web Filter now fully supports these devices, ensuring schools can adapt to modern hardware without worrying about gaps in online protection.
iPhones and iPads remain widely adopted across schools, and this update brings Assure’s Web Filter to these devices for the very first time, bringing consistent protection to the mobile fleet. Whether students are learning in the classroom or learning remotely, they now receive the same level of protection and support across all Apple devices.
Schools using the Assure On Device Web Filter for Windows asks now users, in most cases, students, to enter a password before uninstalling an application. This is ideal for BYOD environments where users have local administrator rights, helping prevent removal and maintain protection.
Schools need greater visibility into student usage of generative AI. Assure On‑Device Web Filter can now analyse prompts entered into Claude AI to identify and highlight high‑risk or concerning activity, giving school staff valuable insights to:
Assure now includes a next-generation natural language processing AI engine that significantly improves its ability to recognise concerning content. This helps reduce false alarms and improve detection accuracy, giving schools clearer insights and greater confidence that the alerts they receive are both relevant and reliable.
Assure’s long‑standing integration with Palo Alto Networks© now expands to include the Strata Logging Service. Strata is Palo Alto’s cloud platform for collecting and storing log data from its firewalls and security services, providing a central place to aggregate this information. With this integration, schools can:
Schools using Cloudflare for web filtering can now connect their Cloudflare activity into Assure through newly added support for Cloudflare Secure Web Gateway. This provides schools with: