Configuring the KICS Connector

Kaspersky MLAD uses the KICS Connector to receive data from Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks 4.0 and later and to send back incident registration messages.

The connector for integration with Kaspersky MLAD must be created and added to Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks in advance. For detailed information about creating and adding a connector, please refer to the Adding a connector section of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Help Guide.

System administrators can perform integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks version 4.0 or higher.

To configure the KICS Connector:

  1. In the lower-left corner of the window, click An icon in the form of two horizontal equalizer sliders..

    You will be taken to the administrator menu.

  2. Select System parameters → KICS Connector.

    A list of options appears on the right.

  3. Using the Browse button under the setting Communication data package for KICS Connector (zip) field, add the file containing the settings for configuring interaction between Kaspersky MLAD and Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks.

    For detailed information about creating a communication data package, please refer to the Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Help Guide. The created communication data package must be saved on the computer where Kaspersky MLAD is installed.

    If you need to delete a communication data package, click the A basket icon. button in the Communication data package for KICS Connector (zip) field. To save the communication data package on your computer, click the An icon in the form of an arrow pointing into a tray. button.

  4. In the Password for KICS Connector field, enter the password that you specified when adding the connector to Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks.
  5. Toggle Send messages to Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks switch to enable or disable forwarding of messages about registered incidents to Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks.
  6. In the Tag value sampling frequency (Hz) field, specify the frequency in Hz at which you need to receive tag values from Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks.

    Indicate 0 in this field if data sampling is not required.

  7. Toggle Scale obtained tag values switch to enable or disable the conversion of tag values according to the Bias and Multiplier settings that were set when creating the tag.

    Conversion of received tag values is disabled by default.

  8. Click the Save button.

Kaspersky MLAD receives data from Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks and sends back messages about incident registration.

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