With laptops making up a growing percentage of corporate workstation purchases, along with the seemingly daily introduction of powerful new mobile devices such as smartphones, corporate computing has crossed over into an undefined open space beyond the corporate firewall. According to analyst firm IDC, worldwide desktop shipments are continuing to slow and notebooks are expected to represent more than half of all client PCs in the next few years.
"Rising laptop shipments are synergistic with increases in mobile workers, this promises a productivity boon and a security burden" said Christian Christiansen, IDC's VP of Security Products & Services. "As endpoints become more dispersed, security becomes a more pressing enterprise issue. With network perimeters becoming more perforated, IT is challenged to find more ways to protect mobile users and the corporate networks when they reconnect. Approaches like Kaspersky Open Space Security can help customers build a modular defense for mobile and distributed environments."
Kaspersky Open Space Security is a suite of products designed to protect network structures of all sizes and to provide protection for both network perimeters and all nodes on the network, regardless of location, type of device, or platform.
"Today's information technologies provide businesses countless ways to communicate inside and outside of the physical limitations of the office, leading to a whole new set of security challenges," said Steve Orenberg, president, Kaspersky Lab, Inc. "Kaspersky Open Space Security is our answer to the need for trans-perimeter network security where protection extends to wherever users go -- providing true 'Follow Me' security."
KOSS is designed to provide network administrators with the needed flexibility to protect this ever-increasing distributed workforce while ensuring security both on and off the corporate network. KOSS provides full flexibility for setting policies for mobile and remote users to ensure maximum protection for laptops disconnected from the corporate network, prescribing the source and frequency of anti-malware updates, scanning schedules, personal firewall configuration and more.
Cisco NAC (Network Admission Control) is also supported by KOSS, making it possible for computers to be checked during reconnection to the network after an absence. If an infected computer is detected, it is blocked from any network connection, enabling administrators to track down the source of the infection. The total cost of ownership is also diminished by providing simple, transparent administration and efficient performance through centralized administration, compatibility with third party solutions and efficient use of network resources.
