Initial setup of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console
January 19, 2023
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This guide contains information about features of the Select and Advanced editions of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the on-premises console and features of the Advanced edition of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the cloud console. For information about other editions, please refer to Online Help for the Kaspersky applications included in the solution.
In this main scenario of the initial setup of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the cloud-based console, you begin with registration of company and workspace creation and finish with the monitoring of the protection status of your managed devices.
The main deployment scenario guides you through the following:
- You will start working with a workspace of your company as an administrator.
- You will assign distribution points and manually install distribution packages on them, you will be able to discover devices in your network.
- You will be able to deploy managed Kaspersky applications on the client devices and to configure policies and tasks, monitoring, and regular updates of Kaspersky databases, software modules, and applications.
When you complete this scenario, the policies and tasks based on Kaspersky applications will be configured. You will be able to proceed to the monitoring of the protection status of your managed devices.
Stages
The scenario of initial setup of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the cloud-based console proceeds in stages:
- Preparation for the deployment
Before you start initial setup of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business managed via the cloud-based console, do the following:
- View the architecture of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console to understand interaction between the main application components.
- Make sure that all necessary ports are open for interaction between your network and the Kaspersky infrastructure. Also, if you plan to use the Administration Server hierarchy, make sure that all necessary ports are open for interaction.
- Creating the workspace of your company
You must register your company and create a workspace. By creating a workspace, you receive your instance of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console. At this step the Kaspersky infrastructure is configured to enable you to manage your devices via Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console.
When you start using Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console, you can either request a trial workspace (in this case, you are granted a 30-day trial license that is embedded in your workspace) or enter an activation code for a commercial license.
You cannot convert a trial workspace into a commercial one. To continue using Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console after the trial license expires, you must delete the trial workspace and create another one with a commercial license.
- Configuring Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console
The Quick Start Wizard of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console allows you to create a minimum of necessary tasks and policies, adjust a minimum of settings, and start creating installation packages of Kaspersky applications.
- Centralized deployment of Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console
Deploy Kaspersky applications.
What to do next
After the initial setup is complete, the policies and tasks are configured with the default parameters, which may turn out to be sub-optimal for your organization. Complete the following scenarios to fine-tune the policies and tasks and the monitoring of the protection status of your managed devices.