In line with its drive towards building trust
in the cybersecurity industry, Kaspersky today announces the opening of its
first Transparency Center in Asia Pacific, in partnership with CyberSecurity
Malaysia – Malaysia’s national cybersecurity specialist agency. The company’s
third code review facility will be located in Cyberjaya, alongside key
cyber-related government agencies and companies in the country.
Like its
counterparts in Zurich and Madrid, the Transparency Center in Malaysia will
serve as a trusted facility for the company’s partners and government
stakeholders to come and check the source code of Kaspersky’s solutions. The
new center will also function as a briefing center where guests will be able to
learn more about Kaspersky’s engineering and data processing practices.
Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky; Anton Shingarev, Vice President for Public Affairs at Kaspersky; Lieutenant Colonel Mustaffa Bin Ahmad (Retired), Senior Vice President for Outreach & Capacity Building at CyberSecurity Malaysia; Dato’ Ts. Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO at CyberSecurity Malaysia; Eugene Kaspersky, CEO at Kaspersky; and Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky.
Government
regulators and enterprise clients of Kaspersky can request to review the company’s
solutions and services including threat analysis, secure review, and the application
security testing process. They can also review the source code of Kaspersky’s
flagship consumer and enterprise solutions – Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS);
Kaspersky Endpoint Security (KES), and Kaspersky Security Center (KSC), which
is a console for the company’s business products.
As well as these,
stakeholders can also review all versions of Kaspersky’s builds and AV-database
updates as well the information the company processes such as data feeds from Kaspersky
products that are sent to the cloud-based Kaspersky Security
Network (KSN). Access to the Transparency Center is available upon request.
More information on how Kaspersky Transparency Centers work is available on the
website.
Commenting
on the opening, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky, said: “It’s great to be here in Kuala Lumpur – in the heart of the Asia-Pacific
region – to announce the opening of our third Transparency Center. Here we intend
to show customers and government stakeholders that our products are 100% trustworthy
and ensure the highest level of cybersecurity protection. The launch also proves
that the activities we planned under our pioneering Global Transparency Initiative
remain on track.”
“We are excited to unlock the doors of this
digital hub to let users experience the services and capabilities of Kaspersky’s
cybersecurity technology here in our region. As a paradigm shift for the
cybersecurity industry, this facility - the first in the region - will be
located in Cyberjaya, all thanks to the kind cooperation of CyberSecurity
Malaysia. We are grateful for their trust and commitment towards us as this
third-party validation proves that private companies and public agencies can
team-up to better protect users from cybercrime,” comments Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director
for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky.
The new
center is being opened as part of the company’s Global Transparency Initiative – a brainchild of Kaspersky
which aims to address the growing demand from partners and government
stakeholders for more information on how its products and technologies work. The center will open for its first visitors early next year.
Exchanging the token of appreciation to Dato’ Ts. Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO at CyberSecurity Malaysia from Eugene Kaspersky, CEO at Kaspersky
Meanwhile
Dato’ Ts. Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia said, “As the threat landscape continues to evolve
in Malaysia and in the region, we believe that it is crucial for private
companies such as Kaspersky and government agencies to build trust and mutual
cooperation. Kaspersky’s willingness to open their doors and data processes
further shows that they have nothing to hide. As a third-party entity, we also share
their insights and concerns to make the cybersecurity industry better. We
really hope that our partnership will be an example for more governments and
private entities in exercising fairness and transparency for the benefit of our
citizens and the cybersecurity industry.”
Since the
company’s announcement in October 2017, Kaspersky’s Global Transparency
Initiative has been demonstrating good progress. In particular, the company:
· Started
relocating customer data storage and processing infrastructure for European users
from Russia to Zurich, Switzerland, to be completed by the end of 2019.
· Opened
two Transparency Centers in Europe – in Zurich (November 2018) and Madrid (June
2019). The Spanish Center also serves as a briefing center for key company stakeholders.
· Successfully
completed the Service Organization Control for Service Organizations (SOC 2)
Type 1 audit. The final report, issued by one of the Big Four accounting firms,
confirms that the development and release of Kaspersky’s threat detection rules
databases (AV databases) are protected from unauthorized changes by strong
security controls. To learn more and to request the Kaspersky SOC 2 Type 1
Report, please visit the website.
·
Has
been developing its Bug Bounty program. Since the announcement of the program’s extension, the company
resolved 66 bugs reported by security researchers and awarded almost $45,000 in
bounty rewards. The company also supports the Disclose.io framework
which provides Safe Harbor for vulnerability researchers concerned about potential
negative legal consequences of their discoveries.
Learn more
about Kaspersky transparency principles and the Global Transparency Initiative
here: www.kaspersky.com/about/transparency
About Kaspersky
Kaspersky is a global
cybersecurity company founded in 1997. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and
security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative security
solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure,
governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive
security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of
specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving
digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky technologies
and we help 270,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn
more at www.kaspersky.com.
About CyberSecurity Malaysia
CyberSecurity
Malaysia is the national cybersecurity specialist agency under the purview of
the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM). CyberSecurity
Malaysia is committed to providing a broad range of cybersecurity
innovation-led services, programmes and initiatives to help reduce the
vulnerability of digital systems, while at the same time strengthening
Malaysia’s self-reliance in cyberspace.
For more
information, please visit http://www.cybersecurity.my. For general inquiries, please email info@cybersecurity.my. Find out more at www.facebook.com/CyberSecurityMalaysia and www.twitter.com/cybersecuritymy.
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