Kaspersky launches all-in-one security tool for SMBs - ruthgairciand

Petr Merkulov explains Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.

Companies have to manage security across a wide range of issues and threats. In operation systems and applications have to be patched and updated. Active monitoring needs to be in send to key out and block malware threats. Data needs to be protected to foreclose exposure or via media. Mobile devices and the BYOD (bring your own device) trend represent a early frontier of concerns.

Kaspersky intends to simplify the outgrowth for all of the above issues. Its new Endpoint Security for Business merges all of these functions into nonpareil product so that small and midsize business IT managers can see and master every aspect of security system from one console.

Kaspersky Lab has been at the forefront of research into intellectual cyber espionage attacks like Flame up, Gauss, and Red October—insidious attacks that have compromised and exploited targets for years. The Moscow-based antimalware and computer security ship's company unveiled the new Kaspersky Endpoint Surety for Business at an analyst case last week in New York.

Part of the problem, in particular for SMBs, is that there are too many moving parts involved. "Complexness is the enemy of security," said honcho product officer Petr Merkulov.

He pointed out that there are solutions for a number of security problems, merely for each one one requires a several platform and management console. That's too numerous balls to juggle—peculiarly for busy Information technology managers in small and midsize businesses.

By merging system management, patch management, antimalware, mobile device direction, information protection, and other security department tools into a single product, Kaspersky promises to enable Information technology managers to protect all systems and endpoints—from a PC in the next booth, to a virtual machine in the incoming construction, to a smartphone in the next nation—through combined soothe.

The spick-and-span product comes in four flavors: Core (only available outside of North America), Select, Advanced, and Kaspersky Total Security for Lin. The options are modular and climbable, so a accompany can choose the level of protection that meets their needs today, just can also easily add additional functionality as necessary.

Kaspersky Endpoint Certificate for Clientele comes in four several versions.

Other platforms provide a similar mix of capabilities, just Kaspersky naturally claims they're all also inept and expensive for SMBs. Symantec and McAfee each offering worldwide platforms that can be managed from a single console.

No security root is perfect, though. Users of Kaspersky Endpoint Security—a similar but separate product—were unable to compass some websites following a software update this week. Kaspersky single-minded the issue with a subsequent update Tuesday morning.

Regrettably, Kaspersky is not sharing pricing for Endpoint Security for Business. You'll birth to contact a Kaspersky Lab reseller for a cite for your company.