Kaspersky Lab Technology and Product Review for Endpoint Protection Solutions: Kasperksy Lab

Whereas technological advancements have presented important advantages for business organisations, they have increased security concerns. Viruses, worms, hacking, identity theft, and other cyber threats have been on the rise, with cyber criminals advancing in skill, expertise, and shrewdness. These threats, which are increasingly targeted at the point of the end user, can result in the loss of critical and confidential information such as customer data and business secrets, consequently leading to dire consequences on an organisation, such as reduced customer confidence, loss of revenue, and expensive lawsuits. To avoid this risk, it is important for Red Clay Renovations to have a strong endpoint protection platform. This is particularly crucial given the widespread usage of intermittent cellular devices by employees to access the internet and the organisation's network while in the field. Endpoint protection platforms provide endpoints with defence against security exploits by identifying threat signatures, detecting intrusions, avoiding unexpected traffic, whitelisting, and rootkit protection (Wilkins, 2014). One endpoint protection solution the organisation can use is Kaspersky Lab. This paper provides a review of the software, clearly highlighting its features, capabilities, deficiencies, as well as its usage in minimising cyber security risks.

With origins in Russia, Kaspersky Lab is arguably the strongest and most popular endpoint protection solution. Indeed, Gartner's Gartner Magic Quadrant has named it as the world leader...

Its products have been touted for discovering several formerly unidentified viruses and security vulnerabilities such as Stuxnet, Flame, Red October, Mask, Regin, and the Android cyber espionage (Kaspersky Lab, n.d.). Among a host of other cyber security solutions, the firm provides anti-virus software, internet security solutions, password management services, and endpoint security products to individuals and organisations all over the world (Kaspersky Lab, n.d.). Its products provide protection against malware, monitor end-user devices for suspicious programs, and detect potentially unsafe websites.
One of the firm's endpoint security platforms is the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Suite, which is specifically designed for corporate users. The platform provides protection against cyber security vulnerabilities targeted at laptops, smartphones, tablets, and personal computers; and is available for iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows, and BlackBerry operating systems (OSs) (Kaspersky Lab, n.d.). This platform is particularly suitable for the organisation, which currently relies on Microsoft Windows Defender and Microsoft Windows Firewall. These platforms do not offer strong security measures, and can readily be compromised. The organisation's construction managers and architects rely on laptops and cellular devices to access its web-based project management system, email servers, as well as web-based business applications, necessitating the need for the stronger Kaspersky platform.

Though costlier in most cases, Kaspersky has unique features and capabilities that make it a more…