Kaspersky Security Center 15.1 has several new features and improvements:
Cloud Discovery. This is a new feature that allows you to monitor attempts to use cloud services on managed devices running Windows, and to block access to cloud services that you consider unwanted. This feature is only available in Kaspersky Security Center Web Console.
Domain controller polling now allows you to poll a Samba domain controller through a Linux-based distribution point. Additional improvements were made to support polling of large domains.
The maximum password length for an internal user was increased to 256 characters.
When you migrate from Kaspersky Security Center Windows to Kaspersky Security Center Linux, you can now switch the managed devices to be under management of Kaspersky Security Center Linux through restoring the certificate and private key of Administration Server from a backup copy.
When you run the Cleaner tool or the klmover utility to remove a password-protected Network Agent, you are prompted to enter the uninstallation password.
Upgrade from Kaspersky Security for Windows Server to Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows no longer requires the target device to restart.
A user can be assigned as a device owner during or after installation of Network Agent on a client device on Linux.
When you execute several custom scripts on a managed device, you can set a priority for each script to define the execution order. The scripts will be executed from the one with the highest priority to the one with the lowest priority.
Optimized work with tables. The default view of each table now contains the most frequently used columns. Also, you can now select all items on the current page or in the entire table, as well as sort items in the entire table.
You can revoke local administrator rights from accounts on Linux-based managed devices. This provides you with an extra layer of control of user accounts. For example, you can revoke local administrator rights after a one-time assignment is complete.
You can change the local account password on Linux-based managed devices, for example, when a user forgets the local account password or to perform a scheduled password change.
In the User certificates management subsection, you can specify which root certificates to install. These certificates can be used, for example, to verify the authenticity of websites or web servers.
Report on network attacks now includes the MAC address and port of the attacking device.
Kaspersky Security Center 14.2 has several new features and improvements:
A new Hardening Guide was released. We highly recommend that you carefully read the guide and follow the security recommendations to configure Kaspersky Security Center and your network infrastructure.
Also, please install the latest update to Kaspersky Security Center. This update includes infrastructure protection features such as two-step verification of user accounts and other improvements.
Access to Kaspersky servers is now verified automatically. If access to the servers by using the system DNS is not possible, the application uses the public DNS.
User rights on a virtual Administration Server are available for configuration any time, independently from the primary Administration Server. Also, you can assign primary Server users the rights to manage a virtual Server.
Kaspersky Security Center now supports work with the following DBMSs:
PostgreSQL 13.x
PostgreSQL 14.x
Postgres Pro 13.x (all editions)
Postgres Pro 14.x (all editions)
MariaDB 10.1, 10.4, 10.5
You can use Kaspersky Security Center Web Console to export policies and tasks to a file, and then import the policies and tasks to Kaspersky Security Center Windows or Kaspersky Security Center Linux.
The Do not use proxy server option has been removed from the following tasks:
Download updates to the Administration Server repository
Download updates to the repositories of distribution points
Work with the encryption keys is now limited by the access rights for the General features: Encryption Key Management functional area. Users of Kaspersky Security Center can now export encryption keys if they have the Read right, and can import encryption keys if they have the Write right.
Kaspersky Security Center 14
Kaspersky Security Center 14 has several new features and improvements:
Kaspersky Security Center Web Console has several new features and improvements:
You can configure the Dashboard-only mode for employees who do not manage the network but who want to view the network protection statistics in Kaspersky Security Center (for example, a top manager). When a user has this mode enabled, only a dashboard with a predefined set of widgets is displayed. Thus, he or she can monitor the statistics specified in the widgets, for example, the protection status of all managed devices, the number of recently detected threats, or the list of the most frequent threats in the network.
Kaspersky Security Center 13.2 has several new features and improvements:
You can now install Administration Server, Administration Console, Kaspersky Security Center 13.2 Web Console, and Network Agent on the following new operation systems (see the software requirements for details):
Kaspersky Security Center now works with IPv6 addresses, as well as IPv4 addresses. Administration Server can poll networks that have devices with IPv6 addresses.
Kaspersky Security Center 13.2 Web Console has several new features and improvements:
You can now receive patches for the Administration Server as a distribution package, which you can use for future updates to later versions.
A new section, Alerts, has been added for Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum to Kaspersky Security Center 13.1 Web Console. Several new widgets are also added for working with the threats detected by Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum.
Implemented domain authentication by using the NTLM and Kerberos protocols (single sign-on). The single sign-on feature allows a Windows user to enable secure authentication in Kaspersky Security Center 13 Web Console without having to re-enter the password on the corporate network.
You can now configure a plug-in to work with Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response. You can use this integration to view incidents and manage workstations.
You can now specify settings for Kaspersky Security Center 13 Web Console in the installation wizard of Administration Server.
When working with tables, you can now specify the order and the width of columns, sort data, and specify the page size.
You can now open any report by clicking its name.
Kaspersky Security Center 13 Web Console is now available in the Korean language.
A new section, Kaspersky announcements, is available in the Monitoring & reporting menu. This section keeps you informed by providing information related to your version of Kaspersky Security Center and the managed applications installed on the managed devices. Kaspersky Security Center periodically updates the information in this section by removing outdated announcements and adding new information. However, you can disable Kaspersky announcements if you want.
You can send messages to Administration Server over HTTP. A reference guide and a Python library for working with the OpenAPI of Administration Server are now available.
You can issue a reserve certificate for use in iOS MDM profiles, to ensure seamless switching of managed iOS devices after the iOS MDM Server certificate expires.