Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows is a software solution developed to help users to keep their personal devices safe from nowadays threats. It is best suited for owners of small to medium businesses because it allows them to secure the internal IT infrastructure easily.
The program doesn't require advanced skills to install it but it may last a couple of minutes. Once completed, you discover a modern GUI that has well-delimited sections and a nice contrast of theme colors. The fact that it misses other skin themes isn't a major downside.
Next, the functionalities. Most of the anti-malware software programs tend to have a major impact on the PC's performance. This is not the case with Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows.
Another attribute of the program is that it incorporates both static and dynamic Machine Learning technologies in order to minimize the impact of the attack on your system while keeping the endpoints safe.
Furthermore, the program has cloud usage controls that help users to boost their productivity, a simplified security management, and support for various OS, such as Mac, PC, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Overall, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows is a good choice when you need to secure your IT environment, either for personal or for business use. The only cons of the program are represented by the sluggish Administration console and the high price.
v11.0 [Apr 17, 2018]
-Integrated Endpoint Sensor component of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response 1.0
IoC scanner (Indicators of Compromise)
Incident response tools
Incident investigation capabilities
-System Watcher for servers (components Behavior Detection, Remediation Engine and Exploit Prevention)
OS support for System Watcher
Shared folders protection (from remote encryption)
-User interface improvements
Protection components grouped by categories: Advanced Threat Protection and Essential Threat Protection
Technologies (machine learning, cloud analysis, etc) and protection components (Exploit Prevention, Behavior Detection, etc) are shown in statistics and reports.
-New names for components.
Antivirus renamed to Threat Protection (for example, File Anti-Virus renamed to File Threat Protection).
System Watcher split to 3 components: Behavior Detection, Remediation Engine, Exploit Prevention.
Application Privilege Control renamed to Host Intrusion Prevention.
Application Startup Control renamed to Application Control.
-Lightweight mode for Threat Protection (“Cloud mode”). Light antivirus databases with enabled KSN (require less RAM and drive space).
Device Control
Anti-Bridging feature added (blocks unauthorized commuting between networks).
Importing/Exporting the list of trusted devices (in xml format which is convenient for reading/editing manually).
-Application Control
Mixed mode (simultaneous use of test and blocking rules).
New KL category – Trusted certificates.
-Simplified interface of Kaspersky Endpoint Security. Application tray icon in Microsoft Windows task bar and context menu without displaying full application window.
-Hash sum is specified in detection events and reports and can be used for exclusions. Can be used for configuring exclusions for Trusted Zone.
Masks *,?, ** are supported in Trusted zone settings.
-Protection level indicator for policy. Notifies in case critical protection components are disabled.
-Various usability improvements.
Simplified deployment wizard.
Optimized license management.
