Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Platform vs OSSEC
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Platform
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OSSEC
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| Figure | Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Platform | OSSEC |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $4.58/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 5 |
| Spec score · File Integrity Monitoring Software | 8.3 (#10) | 9.0 (#2) |
| Documentation depth | The help center documents deployment, sensors, monitoring points, topology, incidents, roles, audit logs, reports, updates, SIEM and Kaspersky Security Center integration. | The manual includes architecture, supported systems, agents, log monitoring, syscheck, rootcheck, rules, decoders, output formats, configuration syntax, man pages and examples. |
| Integrations | KICS has certified integrations with systems including AVEVA, GE Cimplicity, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure, Mitsubishi Electric controllers and Kaspersky Security Center 13. | Atomic OSSEC lists Splunk, Sumo Logic, Jira, ArcSight, BMC Remedy, Elasticsearch, AWS CloudTrail, Slack, ServiceNow, VirusTotal, Cisco, Palo Alto and Cloudflare integrations. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 530 reviews for Kaspersky overall; no KICS-specific score is shown | 4.6 out of 5 from 10 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews | 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review for Atomicorp OSSEC |
| What it does | KICS is a natively integrated XDR platform for protecting industrial OT, IACS and critical infrastructure without interrupting process availability. | OSSEC is a scalable, cross-platform open-source host-based intrusion detection system. |
Plans
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Platform
- Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity directory listingPriced on request
- Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity PlatformPriced on request
- KICS for Networks annual updates, year 1Price not published
- KICS for Networks annual updates, years 2-3Price not published
- KICS for Networks perpetual licensePrice not published
In their own words
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Platform
Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Platform (KICS) is an XDR platform for protecting critical infrastructure across industrial OT and IoT environments. It covers converged, distributed, air-gapped and legacy systems, with Linux, Windows and web platforms listed. KICS tracks connected devices and configurations, maps network connections and analyzes data flows. It assesses vulnerabilities and security-setting changes on hosts, network devices and controllers; security-audit tools include vulnerability scanning, compliance auditing and configuration-change monitoring. Detection and response features connect host and network activity into incidents, add alert context, and support manual actions and network-access restriction. Asset management includes extended host monitoring, hardware and application inventories, and blind-area coverage in spanless mode. KICS is designed to preserve process integrity and availability while minimizing false detections. It supports passive monitoring, OT asset discovery and SIEM integration, and is compatible with more than 200 industrial control systems and devices. Deployment is on premises, and pricing is available on request. Kaspersky offers premium support from certified engineers in over 200 countries.
OSSEC
OSSEC is an open-source host-based intrusion detection system for monitoring systems and network components. It analyzes logs, checks file integrity, monitors the Windows registry, detects rootkits, and can alert users in real time or take active response actions. Monitoring can be agent-based or agentless, and a centralized server applies policies across operating systems, with server-specific overrides. Alerts can use SMTP, SMS, and syslog; active response can block an attack immediately. The system runs on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, macOS, Solaris, and Windows, and supports self-hosted and cloud environments. OSSEC and OSSEC+ use command-line management; Atomic OSSEC editions add a management console and integrations with cloud services and other tools. OSSEC+ adds machine learning, ELK integration, threat sharing, and additional rules. Free OSSEC is listed at free; OSSEC+ is also free, with registration required. Atomic OSSEC is $5 a month per device. Atomic OSSEC SaaS offers a free 14-day trial for up to 10 endpoints.