Feature comparison of Kaspersky Security Center running on-premises and as a cloud solution

This guide contains information about features of the Select and Advanced editions of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the on-premises console and features of the Advanced edition of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the cloud console. For information about other editions, please refer to Online Help for the Kaspersky applications included in the solution.

This section provides a comparison of features of Kaspersky Security Center 12 Web Console, MMC-based Administration Console, and Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console.

You can read about the features of the following applications in their respective guides:

The table below lets you compare the main features of Kaspersky Security Center and Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console.

Feature comparison of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business running on-premises and as a cloud solution

 

Feature or property

Kaspersky Security Center

 

MMC-based Administration Console

Kaspersky Security Center 12 Web Console

Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console

Administration Server location

On-premises

On-premises

Cloud

Database management system (DBMS) location

On-premises

On-premises

Cloud

Web-based administration console

No

Maintenance of Administration Server and DBMS

Managed by customer

Managed by customer

Managed by Kaspersky

Hierarchy of Administration Servers

(Administration Server of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console can only act as a master Administration Server and can only be used for policies and tasks monitoring)

Administration group hierarchy

Migration of the managed devices and related objects from Kaspersky Security Center on-premises to Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console

No

Network polling

(by distribution points only)

Maximum number of managed devices

100 000

100 000

10 000

Protection of Windows, macOS, and Linux managed devices

Protection of mobile devices

No

No

Protection of virtual machines

No

No

Protection of public cloud infrastructure

No

Device-centric security management

User-centric security management

No

Application policies

Tasks for Kaspersky applications

Kaspersky Security Network

KSN Proxy

(on distribution points only)

Kaspersky Private Security Network

No

Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications

Switching managed devices to another Administration Server

No

(you must reinstall Network Agents on managed devices to switch them to another Administration Server)

Support for virtual Administration Servers

No

Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities

(to fix third-party software vulnerabilities, you can install only recommended fixes)

Notifications about events occurred on managed devices

Encryption management

Creating and managing user accounts

Integration with SIEM systems

(by using Syslog only)

No

Using Administration Server as WSUS server

No

Monitoring the policies and tasks status

Support of the cluster technology

No

No

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