Comparison of Kaspersky Security Center and Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console
You can use Kaspersky Security Center in the following ways:
- As a cloud solution
Kaspersky Security Center is installed for you in cloud environment and Kaspersky gives you access to the Administration Server as a service. You manage the network security system through the cloud-based Administration Console named Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console. This console has an interface similar to the interface of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console.
- As an on-premises solution (Windows-based or Linux-based)
You install Kaspersky Security Center on a local device and manage the network security system through the Microsoft Management Console-based Administration Console or Kaspersky Security Center Web Console.
In addition to the Windows-based application, Kaspersky Security Center Linux is also available. Kaspersky Security Center Linux is designed to deploy and manage protection of Linux devices by using Linux-based Administration Server to meet the requirements of pure Linux environments. The Windows-based Kaspersky Security Center and Kaspersky Security Center Linux have different sets of features.
The table below lets you compare the main features of Kaspersky Security Center and Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console.
Feature comparison of Kaspersky Security Center running on-premises and as a cloud solution
Feature or property |
Kaspersky Security Center 14 running on-premises |
Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console |
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Administration Server location |
On-premises |
Cloud |
Database management system (DBMS) location |
On-premises |
Cloud |
Web-based administration console |
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Maintenance of Administration Server and DBMS |
Managed by customer |
Managed by Kaspersky |
Hierarchy of Administration Servers |
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(Administration Server of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console can only act as a primary Administration Server in the hierarchy and can only be used for policies and tasks monitoring) |
Administration group hierarchy |
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Migration of the managed devices and related objects from Kaspersky Security Center on-premises to Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console |
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Network polling |
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(by distribution points only) |
Maximum number of managed devices |
100,000 |
25,000 |
Protection of Windows, Linux, and macOS managed devices |
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Protection of mobile devices |
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(only Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android and Kaspersky Security for iOS are supported) |
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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 server |
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(on distribution points only) |
Kaspersky Private Security Network |
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Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications |
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Switching managed devices to another Administration Server |
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(you must reinstall Network Agents on managed devices to switch them to another Administration Server) |
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Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities |
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(to fix third-party software vulnerabilities, only recommended fixes can be installed) |
Notifications about events occurred on managed devices |
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Creating and managing user accounts |
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Maximum number of events in the database |
400,000 (can be increased up to 45,000,000) |
400,000 (depends on the number of managed devices) |
Integration with SIEM systems |
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(by using the Syslog format and TLS over TCP protocol only) |
Using Administration Server as a WSUS server |
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Monitoring the 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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Remote installation of operating systems |
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SNMP support |
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