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Change Guardian

Change Guardian is an OpenText NetIQ product that monitors privileged user activity and detects unauthorized changes in real time across critical systems, files and applications. Each alert states who made a change, what changed, when and where, and the product records before-and-after details and whether the action was authorized. It is aimed at security and IT operations teams that need breach detection and compliance auditing.

Change Guardian is an OpenText product filed under Security Compliance Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 5 versions listed, latest 5.1 (27 Jul 2018).

Source: Data Sheet: OpenText NetIQ Change Guardian, retrieved 15 Oct 2026

Security Compliance Software

Releases and Lifecycle

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Release and support dates as published by OpenText; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-13.

Change Guardian 5 versions

Version	Released	End of standard support	Source
5.1Current Maintenance	27 Jul 2018	31 Dec 2020	[1]
5.0Current Maintenance	18 Sep 2017	31 Jul 2019	[1]
4.2Current Maintenance	18 Dec 2015	30 Sep 2018	[1]
4.1Current Maintenance	9 Apr 2014	31 Dec 2016	[1]
4.0Current Maintenance	5 Apr 2013	30 Apr 2015	[1]

Lifecycle Policy

Current Maintenance. Includes technical support, product patches when available, new releases according to the product roadmap and self-help resources. [1]

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Product Support Lifecycle (OpenText) retrieved 2026-10-13

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