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Kaspersky
Where Kaspersky appears on the record (43)
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- Compared with (41)
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- In the vendor directory (2)
- EDR and XDR vendors · primary category
- Endpoint protection platforms vendors · category
What the company sells
Kaspersky sells security plans for individuals and families, ranging from plans that cover the essentials to plans that give support for the whole family.
Kaspersky plans block unauthorized attempts to access a webcam or to track activity on websites. Kaspersky plans include a Protected Browser for securing payments when a user shops or banks online.
Kaspersky also sells Kaspersky VPN. Kaspersky VPN is not available for download or activation in Belarus, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar or Turkmenistan.
Eugene Kaspersky founded Kaspersky in 1997, after building a collection of antivirus modules.[1]
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- Website
- kaspersky.com
Products and services
Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.
Kaspersky VPN[3]
Kaspersky VPN is a VPN product from Kaspersky that users download and activate.
Competitors and alternatives
The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Kaspersky's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.
On edr and xdr, Kaspersky competes with Bitdefender, Broadcom, CrowdStrike, Cynet, Fidelis, Malwarebytes, Microsoft, Nokia, SentinelOne, Sophos and 23 more.
On endpoint protection platforms, Kaspersky competes with ESET, WithSecure, Deep Instinct, F-Secure, Gen Digital, Halcyon, McAfee, Morphisec, Bitdefender, HP and 1 more.
What review platforms show
The headline rating and review count each platform showed in public search results on the day we looked, with the link. We do not read or reproduce the reviews, and a rating is the platform's, not ours.
References
Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.
- [1]Small to medium business securityKaspersky · kaspersky.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [2]Kaspersky leads in independent transparency and accountability assessment of cybersecurity vendorsKaspersky · kaspersky.com · published January 14, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [3]Kaspersky Cybersecurity-Lösungen für Privatanwender und Unternehmen | KasperskyKaspersky · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [4]Kaspersky AntiVirus Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C
Last verified September 27, 2026. Our code found the quoted passage behind each fact on its source page when the fact was recorded, and re-checks every record against its sources each month.
Recorded September 27, 2026, expanded November 10, 2026 from the references above.
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Security leadership
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Questions CISOs ask about Kaspersky
- What does Kaspersky sell?
- Kaspersky sells Kaspersky VPN. Kaspersky VPN: Kaspersky VPN is a VPN product from Kaspersky that users download and activate.
- Who does Kaspersky fit?
- From its own pages, the company sells to both private users and businesses, with separate menus for each. The business menu has an entry for small businesses and another for renewing a KMU licence. The partner menu has an entry for providers of business solutions, which points to sales through partners.
- How does CISO Tribune file Kaspersky?
- CISO Tribune files Kaspersky under EDR and XDR, with Endpoint protection platforms as a secondary category.
- When was Kaspersky founded?
- Kaspersky was founded in 1997.
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