Kaspersky Lab has announced the availability of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business AWS Edition. The special edition of Kaspersky Lab’s corporate security solution allows Amazon WorkSpaces customers to easily purchase an additional layer of protection for their virtual desktop environments running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is an enterprise-grade security platform.

Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed desktop computing service in the cloud, which allows customers to easily provision cloud-based desktops to access the documents, applications and resources with any preferred device. Through the AWS Management Console, customers provision a secure, affordable, high-quality cloud desktop experience for any number of users and deploy application to a WorkSpace using Amazon WorkSpaces Application Manager (Amazon WAM).

Having Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business available in AWS Marketplace for Desktop Apps provides Amazon WorkSpaces customers with an additional layer of protection for their virtual desktop environments against threats and vulnerabilities. It is critical to have a secure virtual desktop environment to combat threats and meet mission critical needs.

Nikita Shvetsov, Chief Technology Officer, Kaspersky Lab, says: “Our corporate security solution is designed to provide a full range of protection technologies – from anti-malware to encryption and systems management – and make them easy to manage and deploy. By listing it in AWS Marketplace we allow AWS customers to add an additional layer of security to their virtual desktops with a click of a button. AWS Marketplace for Desktop apps is an example of how a complex problem can be solved in a simple fashion, an approach we also embrace in solving complicated corporate IT security challenges.”

Dave McCann, Vice president, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services Inc., says: “AWS Marketplace for Desktop Apps enables customers to take advantage of a streamlined selection and procurement for high-performance desktop software from AWS Marketplace. With Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business available in AWS Marketplace for Desktop Apps, customers have access to an easy to deploy and manage security platform that provides an added layer of protection for their virtual desktop applications.”