{"id":5758,"date":"2015-05-14T06:59:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T10:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kasperskydaily.com\/uk\/?p=5758"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:11:09","slug":"kaspersky-security-network-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/kaspersky-security-network-explained\/5758\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Security explained: 1 technical term, 0 complicated charts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated:<\/strong> Current principles for the processing of user data by Kaspersky Lab security solutions and technologies can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cloud-based security approach is not a novelty, but it gets a lot of attention lately, most likely because everything today is \u201cin the cloud\u201d. Your smartphone\u2019s contacts, photos, e-mails, music, purchased movies and books is now mostly stored somewhere else, not on your computer or mobile device.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We often get questions like \u201chow does it work\u201d or \u201cis my personal information safe\u201d or \u201cwhy don\u2019t you just use cloud security only, if it\u2019s so good\u201d. Here we will try to answer some of the most popular questions. But, to keep things simple, we tried to avoid all technical terms, except one \u2014 the very \u201ccloud security\u201d.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s up with the cloud?<\/h3>\n

\u201cClouds\u201d are about storing or processing data some place else, making access to information convenient and connecting people for a mutual benefit. What is \u201ccloud security\u201d then? Our own implementation of a cloud security model is called Kaspersky Security Network. And here we\u2019ll explain how it actually works.<\/p>\n

If you have, let\u2019s say, Kaspersky Internet Security<\/a> installed on your PC or Mac, it continually checks it for infection. The \u201ctraditional\u201d security technology do most of the job offline and sometimes they download an update from Kaspersky lab. This traditional approach requires about an hour to respond to a new threat.<\/p>\n

Find out, how Kaspersky Security Networks works #KSN #security<\/p>Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote>\n

In a modern world an hour is sometimes too much. What if the file you\u2019re opening or a web page you\u2019re loading cannot be deemed malicious immediately, but looks suspicious to our product? That\u2019s where Kaspersky Security Network kicks in.<\/p>\n

Using this cloud security network, you can ask other users, if they did see a similar object lately. Was it suspicious as well? You can also ask our security experts (these guys are working 24\/7 in different countries<\/a>), what does they think about it. Based on this conversation the cloud security network gives you advice: hey, this file or web page is way too suspicious, you\u2019d better not open it.<\/p>\n

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Of course, you don\u2019t ask all those questions personally, that would be too complicated. Our security solutions do all this work automatically. From a technical point of view it\u2019s a bit more complicated, but now you get the core idea, how Kaspersky Security Network works.<\/p>\n

In short, for some of those cyber threats it reduces response time (i.e. the time between a cyber-criminal starts an attack to the time when attack is blocked) from hours to minutes!<\/p>\n

<h3>OK, sounds cool. Why don\u2019t security companies use only that cloud technology?<\/h3><\/p>\n

Without other, traditional technologies, Kaspersky Security Network could not be efficient. Our security solution is like a private detective assigned to your computer. Without network access, it is capable of detecting vast majority of attacks using its expertise and tools.<\/p>\n

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The Wonders of #Whitelisting<\/a> (as Opposed to #Blacklisting<\/a>) \u2013 https:\/\/t.co\/WqmaKfmT6O<\/a> #security<\/a> #antivirus<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) October 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n