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Endpoint Security with Hosted Kaseya

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security allows administrators to protect workstations and servers from viruses and spyware. Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security is a full-featured security solution that is fully integrated with the Kaseya Managed Services platform. From within the intuitive Kaseya interface, administrators can deploy, configure and manage the Kaseya Endpoint Security service with ease.

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Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security is backed by award winning AVG technology. With over 40 million users, AVG has worldwide recognition in the Anti-Virus market and plays an active role in the security software industry. In 2005 AVG was accepted to the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), an organization of software companies, academics and consumer groups working together to combat spyware and other malware threats.

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security - Features:

  • AVG Virus Detection - The Scanning engine has received numerous awards for its excellent detection of "in the wild" viruses, including the VB100% award. Its unique combination of detection methods provides full protection against viruses, worms and trojans.
  • Unique Anti-Spyware Technology - Detects spyware, adware, DLL-trojans, keyloggers, and much more. Malware hidden in data streams, archives, or the Windows registry is also detected.
  • Complete On-Access Protection - Provides maximum protection by scanning every file opened, executed, or saved. It also prevents the opening or executing of infected files.
  • Flexible intelligent Scanning - Is used to include/exclude files from being scanned based on individual file extensions and can handle exceptions for potentially unwanted programs such as adware.
  • Comprehensive E-mail Protection - Checks every e-mail sent or received, providing full protection from e-mail-borne threats. Supports Microsoft® Outlook.
  • Automatic Threat Handling - Automatically heals or removes infected files and other threats such as trojans, worms and spyware.
  • Powerful Scheduling - Automatically provides recommended daily schedules for scanning and updating, and allows you to create custom-scheduled events.

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security, a powerful and proven add-on to the Kaseya Managed Services application, provides essential security protection for Managed Services Providers. By incorporating reactive antivirus and spyware detection with the latest proactive technologies, Managed Service Providers are able to include effective protection against malicious programs ensuring not only anti-virus protection but protection from unknown threats.

Anti-Spyware for Managed Service Providers

Spyware is usually defined as a type of malware, which is software that gathers information from a computer without the user's knowledge or consent. Some spyware applications may also be deliberately installed and often contain advertisements, window pop-ups or different types of unpleasant software. Ideally, spyware and other malware should be prevented from intruding.

Currently, the most common source of infection is websites with potentially dangerous content. Other methods of transmission include e-mail or transmission by worms and viruses. The most important protection is to use an always-on background scanner, such as the cutting edge Kaseya Endpoint Security Spyware component. It works like a resident shield and scans applications in the background as they run.

Centralized Management

Centrally managed security profiles are defined and deployed to the managed computers using the Kaseya console interface. The profiles are used to establish best practices to keep the managed computers running and malware free. All information detected is logged within the system and available for executive summary and detailed management reporting.

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security provides an easy-to-use yet highly functional interface for managing clients‚ security. Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security may be enabled or disabled on any number of machines with a single click, and can also be silently deployed to clients‚ machines without needing a reboot. Updates can also be installed transparently and automatically at any time interval you choose.

  • Deliver services to clients immediately
  • Keep malware definitions up-to-date at all times
  • Never allow a client's machine to become infected

Silent, Remote and Automated Deployment

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security is a fully integrated component of the Kaseya Managed Services platform. Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security is configured, deployed and managed from the same Kaseya interface that administrators already use to manage their computing environments, making implementation seamless and easy. Once deployed, the system is monitored to ensure protection is active and enabled. Utilizing the Kaseya proactive practice, updates are handled automatically on a scheduled basis without the need for user interaction. Security protection is then always up and running and kept up-to date. All activity and information detected is logged and stored in the Kaseya database and is available for executive summary and detailed management reporting.

Scheduled/Automatic Security Scans

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security allows you to run virus and spyware scans on a client's machine or a machine group on demand or at any time in the future. You can also schedule scans to run automatically on a regular basis at the interval that you specify.

  • Automated processes to reduce your stress and workload
  • Be able to run scans when customers are not using their machines
  • Always keep customers' machines safe

Anti-Virus protection from viruses, worms and Trojans

  • Analyze and detect unwanted executable applications or DLL libraries within the system that may be spyware, adware etc. Based upon the customizable security profile, Kaseya Endpoint Security will remove these programs or block access to them.
  • Scan the system registry for suspicious entries, temporary Internet files and tracking cookies, and treat the potentially harmful items in the same manner as any other infection.
  • Detect computer viruses by:
    • Scanning - on-access and on-demand scanning
    • Heuristic Analysis - dynamic emulation of a scanned object's instructions within a virtual computing environment
    • Generic Detection - detection of instructions characteristic of the virus or group of viruses
    • Known Virus Detection - searching for character strings characteristic of a virus
  • Multi-Level Virus Checks:
    • E-Mail Scanner
      Checks incoming and outgoing mail by using plug-ins designed for the most frequently used e-mail programs. The E-mail Scanner is an additional program for electronic mail monitoring and is designed for applications supporting the POP3/SMTP protocols. Once detected, viruses are cleaned or quarantined. Some e-mail clients may support messages with text certifying that sent and received e-mail has been scanned for viruses. In addition, for an increased level of security when working with electronic mail, the Attachment Filter can be set by defining undesirable or suspect files.
    • Real-Time Protection
      Scans files as they are copied, opened or saved. When the Real Time Protection discovers a virus in a file that is accessed, it stops the operation currently being performed and does not allow the virus to activate itself. The Real Time Protection, loaded in the memory of the computer during system startup, also provides vital protection for the system areas of the computer.
    • On-Demand Scans
      Scanning is a crucial part of Kaseya Endpoint Security functionality. Scans can be run on-demand or scheduled to run periodically at convenient times. Kaseya Endpoint Security comes with pre-defined security profiles along with the ability to create customer profiles.

Customizable Security Alarms

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security lets you create custom security alarms and tickets on certain events. Alerts may be sent to the email address(es) of your choice. Examples of alarms are:

  • Virus Detected
  • Definition Updated/not Updated for x Days
  • Service Error
  • Protection Enabled/Disabled

You may also run a script on selected machines depending on alarms. This allows you to perform any number of functions dependent on any set of important events. For example, you may run a script that shuts down the computer if a virus is detected.

  • Be notified instantly if a customer experiences a security issue
  • Respond to problems before they escalate

User-Definable Security Profiles

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security Profiles can be customized to provide anything from very basic to very complete protection.

  • Define how much space the quarantine can take up and how many days before deleting files
  • Allow or prevent users from disabling security
  • Define which files to scan and actions to take with them
  • Customize email scanning
  • Define scanning options, such as whether or not to scan cookies and registry keys for spyware
  • Set scanning priority
  • Exclude directories of your choice

Hosted Kaseya Endpoint Security comes with a set of predefined security profiles depending on the level of protection you desire. You may also create any number of new profiles for your use.