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According to the latest Kaspersky study, one in three companies intends to integrate EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) or XDR (Extended Detection and Response) into their security operations centers to deliver advanced and reliable protection. With this in mind, Kaspersky updated Kaspersky Next to ensure that businesses are armed with the most effective and all-encompassing cybersecurity technologies and tools.
With the latest advancements in Kaspersky SOC management console facilitate the administration and maintenance of security tasks on a platform, and allow for advanced AI capabilities, enhancing various processes from faster data search to improved threat detection. Moreover, this update in Kaspersky Next helps companies significantly reduce hardware requirements, leading to cost savings and increased efficiency.
Kaspersky Next is a flagship B2B product line that provides real-time protection, threat visibility, investigation and response capabilities of EDR and XDR within core offerings: Kaspersky Next Optimum (for small and mid-sized businesses) and Kaspersky Next Expert (for enterprises of all sizes). In its new release, Kaspersky Next Expert has received significant updates related to AI-powered technologies, EDR capabilities and flexible deployment options.
Kaspersky Next EDR Expert has migrated to the Open Single Management Platform (OSMP), uniting essential security operations center (SOC) tools such as EPP, EDR, XDR and SIEM within a single management console. This migration enables seamless interaction between components and allows both Kaspersky and third-party solutions to be integrated with the console. At the same time, Kaspersky maintained seamless transitions between OSMP and Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack/Network Detection and Response interfaces with the Single Sign-On service to ensure a simple and fast experience with both EDR and NDR simultaneously.
For large-scale deployments, this update provides optimized sizing, reducing resource requirements by up to 30% for users of Kaspersky Next EDR Expert and up to 60% for users of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.
With the new release, companies receive access to advanced AI features including precise detection of DLL hijacking class attacks, with automatic alert generation upon identification. Spotting of potentially compromised user accounts. The AI-driven mechanism leverages new correlation rules that determine the baseline of normal login activity and detects abnormal events to trigger account theft alerts.
In addition to the above-mentioned AI-based features, Kaspersky Investigation and Response Assistant (KIRA AI) has been also integrated into Kaspersky Next. KIRA is the first GenAI-powered assistant in the product line, designed to empower SOC analysts by deobfuscating command lines, providing detailed analyses and generating concise reports to help reduce cognitive load.
Kaspersky Next Expert now also provides improved EDR functionalities and delivers a new level of security and operational efficiency.
“By unifying SOC tools within a single platform and enhancing EDR and AI capabilities, we enable faster, more precise threat detection, as well as more efficient operations, raising the bar for proactive cybersecurity protection. AI is empowering cybersecurity analysts turning them into fast and informed defenders,” said Anas Naseem, Security Consultant for Pakistan and Afghanistan at Kaspersky, presenting EDR and XDR capabilities at the recent InfoSec 2026 conference in Pakistan.
