Glossary

Administration Server

A component of Kaspersky Security Center that centrally stores information about all Kaspersky Lab applications that are installed within the corporate network. Administration Server can also be used to manage these applications.

Administration Server client (Client computer)

A computer, server, or workstation on which Network Agent and managed Kaspersky Lab applications are running.

Anti-virus databases

Databases that contain information about computer security threats known to Kaspersky Lab as of when the anti-virus databases are released. Entries in anti-virus databases allow malicious code to be detected in scanned objects. Anti-virus databases are created by Kaspersky Lab specialists and updated hourly.

Kaspersky Business Hub company

Virtual Administration Server by Kaspersky Lab that is designed to manage a security software suite on devices connected to Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud and/or Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365, as well as to store individual settings of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud and/or Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 and the registration data of a company using any of these products.

Network Agent

A Kaspersky Security Center component that enables interaction between the Administration Server and Kaspersky Lab applications that are installed on a specific network node (workstation or server).

Virus

A program that infects other ones, by adding its code to them in order to gain control when infected files are run. This simple definition allows identifying the main action performed by any virus: infection.