my Computer Quest: Kaspersky Lab Endpoint Security 10.3

20 September, 2017

Kaspersky Lab Endpoint Security 10.3

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20-September-2017

Our AVG Business Edition antivirus is expiring in a week's time. Kaspersky is being eyed as the option. So I was asked to do reviews and evaluation.

Now, AVG is okay, so far. But there is a more stringent and more complex implementation for one of our customers. We deal with building management systems, and nowadays, customers do not want to be talking to 2 vendors. So instead of having the BMS company and the Intelligent System provider as separate packages, BMS now takes under its umbrella the Intelligent System. This brings into the scope of the BMs company the task to choose and coordinate with whoever will be the IS vendor.

According to av-test.com, there are 5 antivirus products that garnered all full marks for protection, performance and usability. In no particular order, these are Kaspersky Lab Endpoint Security 10.3, Kaspersky Lab Small Office Security 5, Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.0, Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud 22.9 and Trend Micro Office Scan 12.0.

That data is coming from their report The best antivirus software for Windows Client Business User.

Now I found out that av-test.com is a 'paid' review, which means that if you want to be reviewed, you pay. So I looked for another antivirus review company that is independent.

I found AV-Comparatives.

And you can check for your their August 2017 Report. Kaspersky has some sort of compromised moments. But that is not all.

Kaspersky has KICS, the product we are just looking for. Aside from doing the mechanical and electrical parts good, we need to protect the control system from hacks.

So I won't be telling more now. We chose Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10.3 for our company's antivirus and real-time protection, and on top of that, we are engaging Kaspersky for their KICS.

Today is the first day that we are rolling out our 3-year package to each PC and we have about 2 weeks to complete the task. Hopefully, we can manage the task quite well, and that Kaspersky AV lives up to its name.

Till then!