The agreements cover that Kaspersky would provide products, intelligence, and ongoing support to INTERPOL’s Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) team. He signed two cooperative agreements with both agencies. Nothing was sign back them, but over time Eugene did get an official working relationship with INTERPOL as well as the European agency Europol. In that interview, he talked about INTERPOL and his wish to work with them to establish a cybercrime unit. I first interviewed Eugene at the tail end of 2009 in Moscow off all places. Kaspersky added, in his blog, that the company has strengthened its partnership with INTERPOL. I found what came after his statement to be more interesting. This statement came as a blog post entitled: Proud to keep on protecting – no matter the false allegations in the U.S. Russia-based Kaspersky fires back at critics “Despite today’s tense geopolitical situation, KL has continued to do what it does best: focusing on protecting our customers from cyberthreats regardless of where those threats may come from.” Instead, we need to focus on doing everything possible to be as transparent as possible for our most important stakeholders: our customers and partners. Still, the motivation behind recent reports, while intriguing, cannot be our concern. “We recognize that some people think ‘Russian cybersecurity company’ are three words that shouldn’t be in the same sentence, especially these days. Through his communications team, CDN has received this statement from the Kaspersky boss.

getting inundated with – at times – harsh questions about the company’s trustworthiness from show attendees.Ĭompany founder Eugene Kaspersky, who is anything but shy, is not making some public statements about these allegations. Also, a few of its U.S.-based employees have been investigated by the FBI.Īnd, just last month I witnessed some poor Kaspersky executives manning a booth at a conference in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security banned all of its agencies from using any products from Kaspersky. A charge Kaspersky has denied from the start. The Moscow-based company has repeatedly been under fire for alleged spying on U.S. 2017 has not been a banner year for security vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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