Kaspersky Lab announces the release of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Service Pack 1 (SP1), its flagship product for business. In addition to offering superior security, the new edition of the flexible platform is easier to deploy and manage, and now provides more advanced capabilities for managing all devices connected to the corporate network with minimal impact on their performance.
In today’s dynamic environment, IT administrators encounter a growing number and diversity of external cyber threats, while there are internal menaces that are no less dangerous, namely the increasing number of personal devices at work and a growing amount of shared information. Together, these two factors bring serious complications to the control of hardware and software within the network making it more vulnerable. According to a study conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International in 2014, more than 38% of respondents admitted that protecting against the leakage of confidential data was a priority. Viruses, worms and Trojans were ranked among the top three cyberthreats (61%), while about 12% of respondents admitted they had faced targeted attacks, a 3% increase compared to the previous year.
Reliable protection to combat different threats
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business combines the ease of centralized deployment, management and control over all devices connected to the corporate network with reliable protection against cyberthreats. With improved features such as Mobile Device Management, System Management and Endpoint Encryption IT administrators can easily see, control and protect the corporate network: detect vulnerabilities, make inventories, install and enforce security policies to avoid data loss and theft.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows
Two-factor authentication using smart cards and tokens provides additional protection against unauthorized access together with Kaspersky Lab’s advanced encryption solution.
The 30% reduction in size of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows SP1’s distribution package and integration of the endpoint encryption module has made it possible to significantly reduce network traffic during deployment and speed up the processes of installation and management.
Kaspersky Systems Management
By integrating with the HP ArcSight and IBM QRadar SIEM systems Kaspersky Systems Management SP1 now provides an additional option: automatic connection to pre-installed client-side SIEM systems for transmitting logs and other data related to information security.
If it is necessary to install an update on a remote network, the IT administrator can choose one computer on the network to serve as an Update Agent using the advanced Patch Management functionality. To reduce traffic, all updates can be sent to this computer and then spread throughout the network from there. Updates can be delivered both manually or automatically at any time of day, and the IT administrator can monitor their installation status.