Deep Security LTS life cycle dates
Please refer to Trend Micro's latest End-of-Life Notice for more information on milestone definitions and standard timelines.
Deep Security Manager supports the use of older agent versions (see Agent platform compatibility), but Trend Micro do encourages customers to upgrade agents regularly. New agent releases provide additional security features and protection, better quality, performance improvements, and updates to stay in sync with releases from each platform vendor.
You can find more information in the Deep Security 20 release strategy and life cycle policy. For feature releases, see Deep Security FR life cycle dates.
Products for the Japan region are handled under a region-specific policy. For more information, see End-of-Life Trend Micro Products and Versions.
Deep Security LTS release life cycle dates
The following table provides the dates for each Deep Security long-term support (LTS) release. These dates define the life cycle for all components (manager, agents, relays, security updates) within the release, with the exception of any items listed in Support extensions.
| Version | Component | Platform | GA date | End of standard support | End of extended support (EOL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Security 9.0 | All | All | 11-Feb-2013 | 31-Dec-2017 |
Extended support was introduced in Deep Security 10.0. See the Trend Micro End-of-Life Notice for terms and definitions. These versions have reached EOL. |
| Deep Security 9.5 | All | All | 13-Aug-2014 | 17-Aug-2018 | |
| Deep Security 9.6 | All | All | 12-Aug-2015 | 12-Aug-2019 | |
| Deep Security 10.0 | All | All | 09-Mar-2017 | 09-Mar-2020 | 09-Mar-2021 |
| Deep Security 11.0 | All | All | 22-May-2018 | 23-May-2021 | 22-May-2022 |
| Deep Security 12.0 | All | All | 20-Jun-2019 | 20-Jun-2022 | 20-Jun-2023 |
| Deep Security 20 (GA and all updates released in 2020) |
All | All | 2020 | 31-Dec-2023 | 31-Dec-2024 |
| Deep Security 20 (all updates released in 2021) |
All | All | 2021 | 31-Dec-2024 | 31-Dec-2025 |
| Deep Security 20 (all updates released in 2022) |
All | All | 2022 | 31-Dec-2025 | 31-Dec-2026 |
| Deep Security 20 (all 20.0.0 updates released in 2023) |
All | All | 2023 | 31-Dec-2026 | 31-Dec-2027 |
| Deep Security 20 (all 20.0.1 updates released in 2024) |
All | All | 2024 | 31-Dec-2027 | 31-Dec-2028 |
Deep Security Virtual Appliance release life cycle dates
The Deep Security Virtual Appliance will reach end of extended support (EOL) on 31-Dec-2027, or VMware's end of support date for NSX-4.X, whichever comes first.
Support extensions
The following table defines specific extensions to the life cycle dates listed above.
| Platform | Component | Version | Updated end of life (EOL) | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 2000 | Agent | Deep Security 9.6 | 31-Dec-2025 1 |
Deep Security Windows 2000 Platform Support Update Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Windows 2003 | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 |
Deep Security Windows 2003 Platform Support Update. Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Windows XP | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 Update 25 or earlier | 30-Jul-2024 |
Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Windows 7 | Agent | Deep Security 20.0.0 | 31-Dec-2026 |
Starting in 2024, limited support will be provided, as per Platform support updates for Deep Security Agent version revision in January 2024 Update Release |
| Windows 2008 | Agent | Deep Security 20.0.0 | 31-Dec-2026 |
Starting in 2024, limited support will be provided and conditional fixes will be available, as per Platform support updates for Deep Security Agent version revision in January 2024 Update Release |
| Windows 8.1 | Agent | Deep Security 20.0.0 | 31-Dec-2026 |
Starting in 2024, limited support will be provided, as per Platform support updates for Deep Security Agent version revision in January 2024 Update Release |
| CloudLinux 5 (32- and 64-bit) | Agent | Deep Security 9.6 |
31-Dec-2025 1 |
Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Cloud Linux 6 (32-bit) | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Cloud Linux 6 (64-bit) | Agent | Deep Security 11.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Debian 6 | Agent | Deep Security 9.6 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Debian 7 | Agent | Deep Security 12.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Debian 8 | Agent | Deep Security 20.0.0 | 31-Dec-2026 |
Starting in 2024, limited support will be provided, as per Platform support updates for Deep Security Agent version revision in January 2024 Update Release |
| Oracle Linux 5 | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 | Agent | Deep Security 12.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Ubuntu 10, 12 | Agent | Deep Security 9.6 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| Ubuntu 14 | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| CentOS 5 | Agent | Deep Security 10.0 | 31-Dec-2025 1 | Support will continue, as per Agent platform support policy |
| AIX 6.1 | Agent | Deep Security 20.0.0 | 31-Dec-2026 |
Starting in 2024, limited support will be provided, as per Platform support updates for Deep Security Agent version revision in January 2024 Update Release |
Footnotes:
| 1 |
This platform is currently supported using an older version of Deep Security Agent. Support for this platform will not be extended past this date. See also Agent platform support policy. For legacy OS support in the Japan region, see End-of-Life Trend Micro Products and Versions. |
Archive of past support extensions
| Platform | Component | Version | Updated end of life (EOL) | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Appliance | Deep Security 9.5 | 12-Aug-2019 | The Deep Security Virtual Appliance 9.5 embedded agent must be upgraded to version 9.6 to adopt this EOL date. If you do not do this, then an EOL date of August 17, 2018 applies. Upgrading the embedded agent beyond version 9.6 will not extend the EOL date. |
| Windows 2000 | Agent | Deep Security 8.0 | 12-Aug-2019 |
Deep Security Windows 2000 Platform Support Update Updated the guidance on how to use Trend Micro Deep Security to protect Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 based systems |
| Solaris | Agent | Deep Security 9.0 | 31-Dec-2019 | |
| HP-UX | Agent | Deep Security 9.0 | 09-Mar-2020 | Only supported for use with Deep Security Manager 10.0. Support for HP-UX platform with Deep Security |
| AIX | Agent | Deep Security 9.0 | 31-Dec-2020 | |
| Windows XP Embedded | Agent | Deep Security 9.6 | 9-Mar-2021 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3, SP4 (32-bit and 64-bit) | Agent | Deep Security 9.6 | 23-May-2021 | Deep Security SuSE Enterprise Linux 10 Platform Support Update |