What's new

Kaspersky Security Center 15 Linux

Kaspersky Security Center 15 Linux has several new features and improvements:

• Domain controller polling allows you to poll a Microsoft Active Directory domain controller and a Samba domain controller. You can use Administration Server or a distribution point to poll Microsoft Active Directory. You can poll a Samba domain controller only through a Linux-based distribution point. When you poll a domain controller, Administration Server or a distribution point retrieves information about the domain structure, user accounts, security groups, and DNS names of the devices that are included in the domain.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports work with the following DBMSs:
  • PostgreSQL 15.х
  • Postgres Pro 15.х
• If you use PostgreSQL or Postgres Pro as a DBMS, Kaspersky Security Center Linux supports up to 50,000 managed devices.
• Migration from Kaspersky Security Center Windows to Kaspersky Security Center Linux. You can run a wizard to migrate Kaspersky Security Center objects, including tasks, policies, and administration group structure. After that, you can move the imported managed devices to be under management of Kaspersky Security Center Linux.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports work with the following Kaspersky applications:
  • Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent
  • Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows
  • Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Linux
  • Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes
  • Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks
  • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac
  • Kaspersky Endpoint Agent
  • Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent
• Remote diagnostics of Windows-based and Linux-based managed devices.
• Improved Application Control component. You can now create an application category based on the list of executable files from a selected folder or based on a Kaspersky application category. Then you can specify whether you want to allow or block the applications from the created category in your organization.
• Export and import of event selections. You can export a user-defined event selection and its settings to a KLO file, and then import the saved event selection to Kaspersky Security Center Windows or Kaspersky Security Center Linux.
• In the Report on threats, you can now open a threat development chain by clicking the View alert link.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports cluster technology. If an administration group contains clusters or server arrays, the Managed devices page displays two tabs—one for individual devices, and one for clusters and server arrays. After the managed devices are detected as cluster nodes, the cluster is added as an individual object to the Clusters and server arrays tab. The cluster nodes are listed on the Devices tab, along with other managed devices.
• Support for some platforms by Kaspersky Security Center Linux is ended because these platforms are no longer supported by their vendors.

Kaspersky Security Center 14.2 Linux

Kaspersky Security Center 14.2 Linux has several new features and improvements:

• In an Administration Server hierarchy, a Linux-based Administration Server can now act as a primary Server and can manage Linux-based or Windows-based Servers acting as a secondary one.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), KSN Proxy service, and Kaspersky Private Security Network (KPSN).
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows as a managed application.

  Remote installation of Network Agent for Windows on client devices is possible only by using operating system tools through Windows-based distribution points.

• Data on Windows-based managed devices can now be encrypted to reduce the risk of unintentional leakage of sensitive and corporate data if a laptop or hard drive is stolen or lost. This feature is implemented through Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux allows you to download and update both distribution packages of Kaspersky applications and management web plug-ins right in the user interface of Kaspersky Security Center Linux.
• By default, information about applications installed on the Linux-based and Windows-based managed devices is sent to Administration Server.
• Access to Kaspersky servers is now verified automatically. If access to the servers by using the system DNS is not possible, the application uses the public DNS.
• Sensitive data that is transferred between the primary Administration Server, secondary Administration Servers, and Network Agents is now protected with the AES encryption algorithm.
• User rights on a virtual Administration Server are available for configuration any time, independently from the primary Administration Server. Also, you can assign primary Server users the rights to manage a virtual Server.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports work with the following DBMSs:
  • PostgreSQL 13.x
  • PostgreSQL 14.x
  • Postgres Pro 13.x (all editions)
  • Postgres Pro 14.x (all editions)
• You can use Kaspersky Security Center Web Console to export policies and tasks to a file, and then import the policies and tasks to Kaspersky Security Center Windows or Kaspersky Security Center Linux.
• The Do not use proxy server option has been removed from the following tasks:
  • Download updates to the Administration Server repository
  • Download updates to the repositories of distribution points

Kaspersky Security Center 14 Linux

Kaspersky Security Center Linux has several new features and improvements:

• Besides the Download updates to the Administration Server repository task, anti-virus databases for Kaspersky security applications can now be downloaded through the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task.
• Anti-virus databases and application modules on the managed devices can be propagated and updated through Administration Server or distribution points. You can choose an update scheme optimal for your organization, to reduce the load on Administration Server and optimize data traffic on the corporate network.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux downloads from Kaspersky update servers only those updates that are requested by the Kaspersky security applications. This reduces the size of the downloaded data.
• You can now use the diff files feature to download anti-virus databases and software modules. A diff file describes the differences between two versions of a file of a database or software module. The usage of diff files saves traffic inside your company's network because diff files occupy less space than entire files of databases and software modules.
• The Update verification task was added. By using this task, you can automatically check the downloaded updates for operability and errors before you install the updates on the managed devices.
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux now supports Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes 1.3 as a managed application.