--- title: Security Center description: ServiceNow Security Center is an application that consists of a set of tools designed to help your organization maintain the security of your ServiceNow deployments. Using Security Center, you can improve security posture and strengthen compliance levels with a seamless user experience. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-security/security-center/sec-center-v2.html release: australia product: Security Center classification: security-center topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 3 breadcrumb: [Platform Security] --- # Security Center ServiceNow Security Center is an application that consists of a set of tools designed to help your organization maintain the security of your ServiceNow deployments. Using Security Center, you can improve security posture and strengthen compliance levels with a seamless user experience. \[Omitted image "sec-center-home-1.png"\] Alt text: Security Center homepage Security Center is a free application that administrators can download from the ServiceNow Store. It’s installed by default starting with the Vancouver release. It’s also made available in the ServiceNow Store every quarter, between family releases, to facilitate faster adoption of new functionality. **Important:** Instance Security Center \(ISC\) has reached the end of sales as of September 2024, and is no longer supported or available for activation. ## Get started ## Troubleshoot and get help - [Ask questions and explore other resources for Security Center in the Security Operations section of ServiceNow Community](https://www.servicenow.com/community/secops/ct-p/security-operations). - [Search the Known Error Portal for known error articles](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0597477) - [Contact Customer Service and Support](https://support.servicenow.com/now) - **[Security Center landing page](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/sec-center-landing.md)** Use the Security Center landing page to find the information and tools you need to secure your instance. - **[Security Tasks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/security-task-manager.md)** Use Security Tasks to monitor, prioritize, and assign all your security-related tasks in one place. - **[Security posture console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/sc-posture-console.md)** Improve your ability to identify, respond to, and recover from security threats with comprehensive visibility and step-by-step instructions. - **[Access Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/identity-and-access-management.md)** Use the tools in the Access Management section verify that your data is only accessible to the users and processes that need it. - **[Security configuration console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/homepage.md)** Use the security configuration page to get an overview of the security posture of your instance. View your hardening compliance score, discover graphical trends, analyze the top non-compliant hardening settings, and see the results of your security scans. - **[Security monitoring console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/sc-monitor-console.md)** Supervise security notifications and metrics to stay informed about potential security risks on your instance. - **[Security learning](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/learning.md)** Access security learning materials from a single page. - **[ServiceNow Security Center announcements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/scc-banner.md)** Enable security banner announcements and notifications to stay informed about urgent and critical security alerts using high visibility banners visible to administrators within the instance UI. - **[Granular roles for Security Center](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/granular-sc-roles.md)** Use the new Security Center admin role to grant users security center administrative capability without using the admin role. **Parent Topic:**[Platform Security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/platsec-sublanding.md)