Citrix offers innovative solution to support post-quantum cryptography (PQC) in NetScaler, as well as announcing CVAD 2507 Long Term Service Release (LTSR) and new annual release cadence.
Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group, Inc., today announced two new offerings that help enterprises provide secure application access for their entire workforce across an evolving threat landscape. Building on its rich heritage of supporting customers where they are, Citrix continues to drive innovation and evolve to meet the dynamic needs of modern enterprises around the world, empowering IT leaders to drive growth within their organizations.
Citrix introduces its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solution for NetScalerⓇ, previewed to all interested customers since April 2025, to address the emerging threat of quantum computing to current cryptographic standards. Citrix is also announcing the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops™ (CVAD) 2507 Long Term Service Release (LTSR) – delivering access to new features, platform support, and performance improvements while maintaining stability and long-term support.
Together, these new offerings further extend Citrix’s considerable experience helping businesses secure access to work, equipping enterprises facing evolving threats, complex regulations, and agentic AI work with seamless, secure access to applications and data, so employees can work efficiently and productively whenever and wherever they may be.
“Secure access for your workforce and app delivery to all endpoints have been at the center of our business for over three decades, turning attack surfaces into secure surfaces and working to minimize threats as IT environments evolve and adapt,” said Sridhar Mullapudi, co-president and General Manager at Citrix. “Securing the work for organizations globally is the heart of what Citrix is today and who we have always been. Today’s announcement reaffirms our ongoing commitment to be a partner to the modern CxO of the modern enterprise.”
Key features of CVAD 2507 LTSR include:
Flexibility: With CVAD 2507, Citrix reinforces its commitment to flexibility through expanded support for a wider range of operating systems, including the latest versions of major platforms, providing more deployment options. Experience improved performance and greater scalability for critical applications, including unified communication, multimedia, and graphically intensive workloads, as well as improved provisioning across cloud and virtualization platforms.
Insights: Deeper insights into HDX™ sessions, network conditions, and endpoint metrics. Microsoft Teams optimization, endpoint health, and reconnect behaviors are now more visible than ever. Session recording also gets a boost, with support for full-screen recording, web apps, print tracking, and idle events. From help desk to engineering, the visibility you gain with CVAD 2507 helps every team work smarter.
Cost Optimization: IT budgets are under more pressure than ever, and CVAD 2507 introduces a range of features to help identify savings opportunities and act on them fast. All new cost modeling, workload rightsizing, and idle app reporting, with clear insights into what’s used (and what’s not). IT leaders can optimize spend across on-prem and cloud resources. Streamlined image management and provisioning processes across platforms reduce complexity and improve operational efficiency.
