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Exposure to Computer Disciplines

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Computer Security website Kaspersky Secures Top

Connectivity with Dell

aspersky, based in Russia, is a computer security company. The website offers a
comprehensive one-stop shop to he lp customers research and buy a wide range of
Ksoftware, downloads and updates to suit their requirements.
Kaspersky’s website acts as an e-commerce portal for its products, as well as offering a range
of downloads, including free trials, a virus scan and virus removal tools. This means the
demand on the site is always extremely high as many users also download product updates
simultaneously, which can put a strain on the site.
Kaspersky required a hosting company with superior connectivity and bandwidth to support
the constant demands on the Kaspersky website for files and virus updates.

To ensure that all downloads on the site were always available, a quality Dell server was
provisioned by LeaseWeb, equipped with 10 Gbps dedicated fibre port capable of pushing
large amounts of traffic to many Kaspersky customers simultaneously. This large server,
combined with LeaseWeb’s superior network connectivity, was the key to meeting Kaspersky’s
requirements in a cost efficient, highly effective approach that satisfied all Kaspersky’s needs.

Questions:
1. What is Kaspersky?
2. Why Kaspersky required?

13.6 Summary

• Computer security means to protect information, it has been extended to include privacy,
confidentiality and integrity.

• Computer viruses are considered as one of the most well known computer security threat.
• Hardware threats involve threats of physical damage to the router or switch hardware.

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