Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks is designed to protect the infrastructure of industrial enterprises from information security threats and to ensure the continuity of technological processes. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks analyzes industrial network traffic to detect deviations in the values of technological parameters, detect signs of network attacks, and monitor the operation and current state of devices on the network. The application is a part of the Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity solution. For full information about Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks, please refer to the Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Help.
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes supports integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks. Data about events on the device, received by Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes, is sent to Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks server. Integration between the applications enhances Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks capabilities to investigate and respond to threats in industrial networks.
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes configurations for integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks
The following configurations are possible:
For integration of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes built-in agent with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks, the following conditions must be satisfied:
To integrate the Endpoint Agent configuration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks in the corporate IT infrastructure, the following must be deployed:
Support for previous versions of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes 4.2 supports integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks using the built-in agent or an Endpoint Agent configuration; you do not need to install Kaspersky Endpoint Agent.
If you are using Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes older than 4.2 for integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks, you must install Kaspersky Endpoint Agent separately.
Configuring integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks
Integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks involves the following steps:
In installation package settings or in the Setup Wizard, or by changing the set of application components in the Windows Control Panel, at the step when you must select application components for installation, select the following:
To finish changing the set of application components, you must restart the computer.
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes supports integration with KICS for Networks in a network with a data diode. A data diode is a unidirectional gateway for communication between protected network segments and external devices. The application supports a software MQTT server (for example, Mosquitto) as an MQTT broker. For communication through a data diode, Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes uses the MQTT protocol. MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a simplified network protocol that works over TCP/IP. This protocol follows the "publisher-subscriber" model. You can configure the application as a subscriber and as a publisher. When configured as an MQTT publisher, the application sends telemetry to the data diode.
Telemetry sent to the MQTT broker server may contain confidential information. To control access to data, you must take steps to ensure the security of telemetry.
On Windows XP computers, telemetry cannot be sent to the MQTT broker server.
As the MQTT subscriber, the application receives telemetry from the data diode to send it on to KICS for Network.
Delivery of messages received from the Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes via the data diode is not guaranteed when there is no connection with the KICS for Networks server.
How to configure the application as an MQTT subscriber in the Kaspersky Security Center Web Console
How to configure the application as an MQTT subscriber in the Application Console
How to configure the application as an MQTT subscriber on the command line
Data transfer settings
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Maximum events transmission delay (sec) |
The application synchronizes with the server to send events after the specified time. The default setting is 30 seconds. |
Enable throttling |
This feature helps optimize the load on the server. If the check box is selected, the application restricts the transmitted events. If the number of events exceeds the configured limits, Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes stops sending events. |
Maximum number of events per hour |
The application analyzes the telemetry data stream and restricts the sending of events if the event stream exceeds the configured events-per-hour limit. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes resumes sending events after an hour. The default setting is 3000 events per hour. If the application is installed on a server, the telemetry data stream is higher. For servers, it is recommended to increase the value to 60 000 events per hour. |
Percentage of event limit excess |
The application sorts events by type (for example, "changes in the registry" events) and restricts transmission of events if the ratio of events of the same type to the total number of events exceeds the configured limit in percent. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes resumes sending events when the ratio of other events to the total number of events becomes big enough again. The default setting is 15 %. |