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 15.1 |
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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 |
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Administration group hierarchy |
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Network polling |
(by IP ranges, domain controllers, Samba 4 Active Directory, Microsoft Active Directory) |
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Maximum number of managed devices |
100,000 |
20,000 |
Protection of Windows, macOS, and Linux-managed devices |
(protection of Linux and Windows devices only) |
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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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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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Updating anti-virus databases automatically |
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Support for virtual Administration Servers |
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Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities |
(by using a remote installation task only) |
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Notifications about events that occurred on managed devices |
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Creating and managing user accounts |
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Sign-in to the console by using domain authentication |
(Single Sign-on is not supported) |
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Integration with SIEM systems |
(by using Syslog only) |
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Monitoring the policies and tasks status |
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Deployment of the Kaspersky Security Center failover cluster |
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Installing Administration Server on a Windows Server failover cluster |
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Using SNMP to send Administration Server statistics to third-party applications |
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Remote diagnostics of client devices |
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Remote connection to the desktop of a client device |
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Managing object revisions |
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Updating Kaspersky applications automatically |
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Deployment of operating systems on client devices |
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Web Server for publishing installation packages and other files |
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Viewing and working with alerts detected by Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum |
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Using Administration Server as WSUS server |
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Integration with Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response |
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Support for Adaptive Anomaly Control |
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Support of clusters and server arrays in administration groups |
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Managing third-party licenses |