Hi folks just like the title describes, I’m really concerned about the use of an clearly outdated Endpoint version. Synopsis: I work as an employee in a company whose IT infrastructure is taken over by an external company: Workstation Setup as well as the group policies for example. Unfortunately, since I've been employed, I keep noticing how Kaspersky seems to be driving the process load up to 100% (the machine used is an HP ProDesk 400 G4 with an i5-8500T with 8GB RAM on a Win10 Pro version). When checking the latest version of Kaspersky Endpoint Security (which, to be honest, I had not checked directly for a long time, because I assumed that the external company's statement that everything was "up to date" would also be correct) however, after a quick search in the Knowledge Database, I found that the version in use is: 11.6.0394 but the latest is 11.8.0.384 Can someone please explain to me, in as much detail as possible, why exactly the external company here seems to be running a 1+ year old version on 30+ devices? Of course, I have already asked my supervisor about this, but he claims that this is, because the version is the most stable available- illogical in my opinion since there are so many security updates/hotfixes shipped out. Isn’t there a serious huge security hole with such an outdated version? What do the professionals here think about this? If the question arises why I do not go directly to the responsible person: We have a basically flat hierarchy here, but oddly enough we have to go directly through a specific person in group management to make all requests about the IT infrastructure. However, since I don't really understand 100% why and how a deviation in the versions used can have an impact in each case, I first want to be on the safe side - i.e. with background knowledge that hasn't just been made up - to be able to approach the person about it accordingly. Thank you in advance for any serious reply.
