Comparison of Kaspersky Security Center: Windows-based vs. Linux-based

Kaspersky provides Kaspersky Security Center as an on-premises solution for two platforms—Windows and Linux. In the Windows-based solution, you install Administration Server on a Windows device, and the Linux-based solution has the Administration Server version that is designed to be installed on a Linux device. This Online Help contains information about Kaspersky Security Center Windows. For detailed information about the Linux-based solution, refer to the Kaspersky Security Center Linux Online Help.

The table below lets you compare the main features of Kaspersky Security Center as a Windows-based solution and as a Linux-based solution.

Feature comparison of Kaspersky Security Center working as a Windows-based solution and Linux-based solution

 

Feature or property

Kaspersky Security Center 14.2

 

Windows-based solution

Linux-based solution

Administration Server location

On-premises

On-premises

Database management system (DBMS) location

On-premises

On-premises

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

Linux

Hierarchy of Administration Servers

Yes.

Yes.

Administration group hierarchy

Yes.

Yes.

Network polling

Yes.

Yes.

(by IP ranges only)

Maximum number of managed devices

100,000

20,000

Protection of Windows, macOS, and Linux-managed devices

Yes.

Yes.

(protection of Linux and Windows devices only)

Protection of mobile devices

Yes.

No.

Protection of virtual machines

Yes.

No.

Protection of public cloud infrastructure

Yes.

No.

Device-centric security management

Yes.

Yes.

User-centric security management

Yes.

Yes.

Application policies

Yes.

Yes.

Tasks for Kaspersky applications

Yes.

Yes.

Kaspersky Security Network

Yes.

Yes.

KSN Proxy

Yes.

Yes.

Kaspersky Private Security Network

Yes.

Yes.

Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications

Yes.

Yes.

Updating anti-virus databases automatically

Yes.

Yes.

Support for virtual Administration Servers

Yes.

Yes.

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

Yes.

No.

(by using a remote installation task only)

Notifications about events that occurred on managed devices

Yes.

Yes.

Creating and managing user accounts

Yes.

Yes.

Sign-in to the console by using domain authentication

Yes.

No.

Integration with SIEM systems

Yes.

Yes.

(by using Syslog only)

Monitoring the policies and tasks status

Yes.

Yes.

Deployment of the Kaspersky Security Center failover cluster

Yes.

Yes.

Installing Administration Server on a Windows Server failover cluster

Yes.

No.

Using SNMP to send Administration Server statistics to third-party applications

Yes.

No.

Remote diagnostics of client devices

Yes.

No.

Remote connection to the desktop of a client device

Yes.

No.

Managing object revisions

Yes.

No.

Updating Kaspersky applications automatically

Yes.

No.

Deployment of operating systems on client devices

Yes.

No.

Web Server for publishing installation packages and other files

Yes.

No.

Viewing and working with alerts detected by Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum

Yes.

No.

Using Administration Server as WSUS server

Yes.

No.

Integration with Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response

Yes.

No.

Support for Adaptive Anomaly Control

Yes.

No.

Support of clusters and server arrays in administration groups

Yes.

(in MMC-based Administration Console only)

No.

Managing third-party licenses

Yes.

No.

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