Participation in Kaspersky Security Network and using of Kaspersky Private Security Network

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About participation in Kaspersky Security Network and use of Kaspersky Private Security Network

To protect your computer more effectively, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway uses data that is recieved from users around the globe. Kaspersky Security Network is designed for gathering this data.

Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) is an infrastructure of cloud services providing access to Kaspersky Lab's online knowledge base with information about the reputation of files, web resources, and software. Data from Kaspersky Security Network ensures a faster response by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway to new objects that have not yet been added to the antivirus databases, improves the performance of some protection components, and reduces the risk of false alarms.

Thanks to users who participate in Kaspersky Security Network, Kaspersky Lab is able to receive in time the information about the types and sources of objects that have not yet been added to the antivirus databases, develop solutions for neutralizing them, and minimize the number of false alarms.

When you participate in Kaspersky Security Network, certain statistics obtain while Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway is running are sent to Kaspersky Lab automatically. Files or their parts which may be exploited by intruders to harm the computer or data can be also sent to Kaspersky Lab to be examined additionally.

No personal data is collected, processed, or stored. The types of data that Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway sends to Kaspersky Security Network are described in the KSN Statement.

Participation in Kaspersky Security Network is voluntary. The decision to participate in Kaspersky Security Network is taken during installation of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, and can be changed at any time.

If you do not want to participate in KSN, you can use the Kaspersky Private Security Network (hereinafter also referred to as KPSN). KPSN is a solution that allows users to access the reputation databases of Kaspersky Security Network and other statistical data without sending data from their computers to Kaspersky Security Network.

If you want to purchase Kaspersky Private Security Network, you can contact Kaspersky Lab's partner specialists in your region.

Configuring participation in Kaspersky Security Network

To configure participation in Kaspersky Security Network:

1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Protection subsection.
2. In the External Services section, click the Usage of KSN / KPSN link to open the Usage of KSN / KPSN window.
3. In the list of actions, select Use KSN.
4. Read the Kaspersky Security Network Statement and select one of the following options:
   • Accept, if you want to participate in Kaspersky Security Network.
   • Do not accept, if you want to participate in Kaspersky Security Network.
5. Click the Apply button.

   The Usage of KSN / KPSN window closes.

6. In the External Services section, click the KSN timeout link to open the External Services window.
7. In the KSN timeout field specify the maximum KSN timeout in seconds. You can specify a value in the range from 1 to 300 seconds.

   The default value is 10 seconds.

8. Click the Apply button.

Participation in Kaspersky Security Network will be configured.

Configuring use of Kaspersky Private Security Network

To configure use of Kaspersky Private Security Network:

1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Protection subsection.
2. In the External Services section, click the Usage of KSN / KPSN link to open the Usage of KSN / KPSN window.
3. In the list of actions, select Use KPSN.
4. In the Upload KPSN configuration file line, click the Browse button.

   The file selection window opens.

5. Select the KPSN configuration file that you want to add.

   The KPSN configuration file must be in ZIP archive format.

6. Click the OK button.

   The file selection window closes.

7. In the External Services section, click the KSN timeout link to open the External Services window.
8. In the KSN timeout field specify the maximum KSN timeout in seconds. You can specify a value in the range from 1 to 300 seconds.

   The default value is 10 seconds.

9. Click the Apply button.

Use of Kaspersky Private Security Network will be configured.