Feature comparison of Windows-based and Linux-based Kaspersky Security Center
This section provides the feature comparison of Kaspersky Security Center: Windows-based vs. Linux-based. The feature comparison is presented in the table below.
Feature comparison of Kaspersky Security Center working as a Windows-based solution and Linux-based solution
Feature or property |
Windows-based Kaspersky Security Center |
Linux-based Kaspersky Security Center |
|---|---|---|
Administration Server location |
On-premises |
On-premises |
Database management system (DBMS) location |
On-premises |
On-premises (MariaDB and MySQL 8.0 only) |
Operating system to install Administration Server on |
Windows |
Linux |
Administration console type |
On-premises and web-based |
Web-based |
Operating system to install the web-based administration console on |
Windows or Linux |
Windows or Linux |
Hierarchy of Administration Servers |
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Administration group hierarchy |
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Network polling |
|
(by IP ranges only) |
Maximum number of managed devices |
100,000 |
20,000 |
Protection of Windows, Linux, and macOS managed devices |
|
(protection of Linux devices only) |
Protection of mobile devices |
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Protection of virtual machines |
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Protection of public cloud infrastructure |
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Device-centric security management |
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User-centric security management |
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Application policies |
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Tasks for Kaspersky applications |
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Kaspersky Security Network |
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KSN Proxy |
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Kaspersky Private Security Network |
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Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications |
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Support for virtual Administration Servers |
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Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities |
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(by using a remote installation task only) |
Notifications about events that occurred on managed devices |
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Encryption management |
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Creating and managing user accounts |
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Integration with SIEM systems |
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(by using Syslog only) |
Monitoring statuses of policies and tasks |
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Support of clusters and server arrays in administration groups |
(in MMC-based Administration Console only) |
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Deployment of the Kaspersky failover cluster |
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Installing Administration Server on a Microsoft failover cluster |
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