# Kaspersky Endpoint/Patch Management: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/kaspersky-endpoint-patch-management

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Patch management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/patch-management/index.md) | 0% | 90 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Kaspersky products and software update services were banned for U.S. organizations due to national security concerns" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Patching)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Kaspersky Endpoint/Patch Management, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- action1.com: 1
- armorpoint.com: 1
- bis.gov: 1
- jetpatch.com: 1
- learn.microsoft.com: 1
- mcafee.com: 1
- techcommunity.microsoft.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://action1.com/blog/wsus/wsus-end-of-life: 1
- https://armorpoint.com/blog/kaspersky-is-officially-out-of-the-us-market-now-what: 1
- https://bis.gov/kaspersky: 1
- https://jetpatch.com/blog/patch-management/wsus-deprecated-options-windows-server-patching: 1
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5896949/sccm-and-wsus-server: 1
- https://mcafee.com/blogs/security-news/the-kaspersky-software-ban-what-you-need-to-know-to-stay-safe-online: 1
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Windows-ITPro-blog/windows-server-update-services-wsus-deprecation/4250436: 1
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/windows-server-update-services-wsus-deprecation/4250436: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.