To protect your computer more effectively, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway uses data that is gathered from users around the globe. Kaspersky Security Network is designed for gathering this data.
Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) is a cloud service infrastructure that provides access to Kaspersky Lab's online knowledge base containing information about the reputation of files, web resources, and software. Data from Kaspersky Security Network ensures a faster response by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway to new objects that have not yet been added to the antivirus databases, improves the performance of some protection components, and reduces the risk of false alarms.
Thanks to users who participate in Kaspersky Security Network, Kaspersky Lab is able to promptly gather information about the types and sources of objects that are not yet listed in databases of anti-virus software, develop solutions for neutralizing such objects, and minimize the number of false positives. Participation in KSN also enables other users of KSN to receive up-to-date information about threats to enterprise IT infrastructure.
When you participate in Kaspersky Security Network, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway sends queries about reputation of files, web resources, and software to Kaspersky Security Network, and receives responses containing reputation data for such objects.
Participation in Kaspersky Security Network is voluntary. The decision to participate in Kaspersky Security Network is taken during installation of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway and can be changed at any time.
You can also enable or disable the sending of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway operation statistics o Kaspersky Security Network (hereinafter also referred to as "KSN statistics"). You can accept or decline to send KSN statistics at any time.
For more details on participation in Kaspersky Security Network and sending of KSN statistics, please refer to the Kaspersky Security Network Statement and Kaspersky Security Network Additional Statement.
If you do not want to participate in KSN, you can use the Kaspersky Private Security Network (hereinafter also referred to as KPSN). KPSN is a solution that allows users to access the reputation databases of Kaspersky Security Network and other statistical data without sending data from their computers to Kaspersky Security Network.
If you want to purchase Kaspersky Private Security Network, you can contact Kaspersky Lab's partner specialists in your region.