October 16, 2025
CipherTrust Application Data Protection connectors will begin adhering to lifecycle taxonomy defined at https://thalesdocs.com/ctp/con/product_lifecycle/index.html effective immediately.
To align with the taxonomy, older versions will reach end of support, and customers are advised to upgrade to newer versions of the software in use.
This notification informs you that Thales will discontinue support for the versions of the Application Data Protection connector listed below by the end of September 2026.
- CADP for .NET Core v8.13.x and below
- CADP for Java v8.15.x and below
- CADP for C v8.15.0 and below
- CAKM for Oracle TDE v8.12.x and below
- CAKM for Microsoft SQL Server EKM v8.5.x and below
- CRDP 1.0.1 and below
- DPG 1.3.1 and below
- BDT 2.4.0 and below
- CTP 6.5.0.6 and below
- CT-VL 2.7.0 and below
Important Dates:
- End of support on 30 September 2026
Actions – to maintain consistency
If your organization is currently using any of the above, we strongly recommend upgrading to the latest Application Data Protection connector version. Also refer to the EOS lifecycle details here:
https://thalesdocs.com/ctp/con/release_status/index.html
For any questions or further assistance, please contact your Thales Cloud Product and Licensing Account Team.
Appendix
Appendix 1
“Application Data Protection Connectors” refers to following products
- CipherTrust Application Data Protection(CADP)
- CADP for Java
- CADP for .NET Core
- CADP for C
- CipherTrust Database Protection (CDP)
- CADP for Oracle
- CADP for MSSQL
- CADP for DB2
- CipherTrust Teradata Protection
- CipherTrust RESTful Data Protection (CRDP)
- CipherTrust Data Protection Gateway (DPG)
- CipherTrust Batch Data Transformation (BDT)
- CipherTrust Vaulted Tokenization (CT-V)
- CipherTrust Vaultless Tokenization (CT-VL)
- CipherTrust Application Key Management (CAKM)
- CAKM for MSSQL EKM
- CAKM for Oracle TDE
- CAKM for LUKS