Anthropic Launches Claude Enterprise Security Center; Inference Hooks Go GA

What happened

Anthropic published an article on Nov 5 introducing a set of security and admin features for Claude Enterprise: a Security Center in beta, generally available inference hooks, centralized management and new access controls, for enterprise organizations.

The Security Center puts security settings for chat, Cowork and Claude Code on one page, comparing each with Anthropic's recommended configuration and showing the current value, the recommended value and a link to the setting, while flagging new or recently changed settings; the page can be downloaded as an auditor report, but Anthropic says it is guidance, not a compliance certification.

Inference hooks come in two kinds, both now generally available: prompt hooks send prompts to a customer's own security tools for a check, and pre-tool-call hooks check tool calls before they run; the checks run on Anthropic's servers. Centralized management gives a parent organization one admin console at admin.claude.com for single sign-on, directory sync, domain verification and Compliance API keys.

Key facts

1. Published: Anthropic released the Enterprise security and admin updates on Nov 5
2. Security Center: in beta; shows chat, Cowork and Claude Code security settings on one page against recommended configuration
3. Audit report: the Security Center page can be downloaded as an auditor report; Anthropic says it is guidance, not a compliance certification
4. Inference hooks: generally available; prompt hooks check prompts, pre-tool-call hooks check tool calls before they run
5. Hook mechanics: connects to a customer's own data security tools, checks run on Anthropic's servers, with a 5-second default timeout (Anthropic docs)
6. Scope: Claude Enterprise organizations; organizations using Claude through Bedrock or Vertex AI are out of scope
7. Centralized management: in beta; one console at admin.claude.com for single sign-on, directory sync, domain verification and Compliance API keys
8. Access controls: sign a member out with one Admin API call; self-serve IP allowlist; block personal accounts in Claude Desktop on managed computers
9. EDR integration: in beta; an organization's EDR sensor can run inside the Cowork virtual machine, covering only the local VM, not cloud Cowork sessions
10. Platforms: the EDR integration is in beta on macOS and Windows, for Team and Enterprise