For example, in summer 2020, a large vendor of solutions for digital workspaces and the professional print industry, became a victim of one such Linux executable, RansomEXX, leading to an outage of company services. Protection from ransomware attacks is also critical to avoid disruption and financial loses.
Advanced threats for Linux can be no less severe than for other operating systems, with such servers often hosting critical applications or becoming a springboard for access to endpoints on Windows and iOS.Ĭompromised servers can go unnoticed for a long time. The Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console now works with public cloud platforms to enable more convenient management of cloud workload protection.Īs Kaspersky research shows, dedicated protection for Linux servers is essential, no matter if they are on-premise or in the cloud. It also extends protection for DevOps with support for new containerisation environments and more native delivery of protection mechanisms for Docker containers. The new version of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux hardens defenses from exploits and ransomware attacks. To see the comprehensive product feature list in comparison with other endpoint protection solutions, you can check AV-TEST study “ Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Plus: A feature comparison with seven other cloud-based endpoint solutions”.Kaspersky unveils updates to two of its applications in the Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud Security protection solution for virtualisation and cloud environments – Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux and Kaspersky Security Center management console. To learn more about Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud and how it helps small and medium organisations protect themselves, please visit the web site. From a business perspective, such strong control over sensitive data can give companies an advantage in customer relations and business reputation”, comments Andrey Dankevich, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Kaspersky. That means they can improve the overall level of security and awareness within their organisation. But the product makes the process simple and effective, which is so important for small and medium-sized companies.
“Data discovery and other Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud capabilities go far beyond standard endpoint protection to include the prevention of data breaches, cloud application management and policy control. The administrator can then contact file owners asking them to improve access settings. For each document, they can check the author, its location in Microsoft 365 applications, who has access to it internally or whether it is accessible from outside of the company. IT managers can receive a list of documents which feature PII in reports and the detection list, as well as on the dashboard widgets in the management console. Analysis is carried out in the customer’s Microsoft 365 cloud tenant, so no documents or data leave the customer’s environment. The product scans all files with dedicated heuristics as soon as they are added to any of the applications. The product ensures 100% detection rate of PII regardless of the structure, delimiters they are written with and file extensions, as confirmed though a recent AV-TEST study using German data. This includes data such as driving licenses, identity cards, passports, residence permits, social security, and taxpayer information. It gives IT managers a list of the files that are stored anywhere in Microsoft cloud applications – including SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams – and contain any item of PII or bank card data. The new Data Discovery capability in the updated Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud provides visibility over this cloud data. IT and IT security teams need to know if this risk arises to minimise the likelihood of this information getting into the wrong hands and ensure that the business follows data protection regulations. Up to 15% of files stored in cloud services, such as SharePoint or Teams, which contain sensitive data, turn out to be shared with someone outside of the company’s staff circle.
Personally identifiable information still remains the type of data most commonly involved in breaches (43%), according to a Kaspersky study. The product detects such files, so IT security managers can make sure that they are stored according to corporate policy and, more importantly, cannot be accessed from outside of the company. 8 November 2021: The new version of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud now provides visibility and control over corporate files containing personally identifiable information (PII) or bank card details stored in Microsoft 365 applications.