Kaspersky launches new security solution for small businesses

Security issues affect smaller businesses just as much as big ones, but they're often less equipped to deal with them due to limited resources.

Today Kaspersky Lab is releasing the latest version of its Kaspersky Small Office Security, built specifically for businesses with fewer than 25 employees. It's aimed at providing world-class protection and easy use without the need for specialized IT skills.

Even small businesses hold valuable data relating to customers, payments and intellectual property, but they often rely on basic protection measures like free anti-malware programs. Kaspersky Small Office Security uses enterprise-grade technologies, but is designed specifically to serve the needs of smaller businesses. It brings the power of the company's award-winning anti-malware and online transaction protection, cloud management, backup and password management, but in an easy-to-use package.

"Running a small business can be very exciting and fun, but being small doesn't mean being less noticeable by cybercriminals," says Konstantin Voronkov, Head of Endpoint Product Management at Kaspersky Lab. "It's very important for businesses to pay more attention to ensuring their cybersecurity, and Kaspersky Small Office Security has made it easy. It's straightforward to install, simple to configure, and easy to maintain, so that business owners can get on with doing what they do best: making the company a success".

Features in the new version include enhanced protection from all known, unknown and advanced threats -- with multi-layered protection for Windows and Mac computers, servers and Android-based mobile devices. A new cloud-based management console lets business owners or their IT advisers easily manage security and devices from anywhere using a web browser.

Cloud-based password management stores critical company login details and enables users to have a different, unique password for every secure site, across all devices, while only needing to remember a single master-password. The package also protects online business and personal transactions from financial fraud with improvements to the award-winning Safe Money module.

Kaspersky Small Office Security protects Windows-based desktop systems from XP through to 8.1, Mac-based systems, Windows file servers, and Android smartphones and tablets. Each user gets protection for one Windows or Mac computer and one mobile device plus access to Kaspersky Password Manager.

You can find out more and get a full feature list on the Kaspersky website.

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