Kaspersky Lab Starts Data Processing for European Users, Opens First Transparency Center in Zurich
The relocation of data processing is part of a major infrastructure move designed to increase the resilience of its IT infrastructure to risks of data breaches and supply-chain attacks, the company said in a release
IsraelDefense
| 13/11/2018
Eugene Kaspersky (PR photo)
As of today, malicious and suspicious files shared by users of Kaspersky Lab products in Europe will start to be processed in data centers in Zurich, initiating the first part of a relocation commitment made by the company in late 2017 under its Global Transparency Initiative. The move is accompanied by the opening of the company’s first Transparency Center, also in Zurich.
The relocation of data processing is part of a major infrastructure move designed to increase the resilience of the company’s IT infrastructure to risks of data breaches and supply-chain attacks and to further prove the trustworthiness of its products, services, and internal processes, the company said in a release.
From November 13, threat-related data coming from European users will start to be processed in two datacenters. The data, which users have actively chosen to share with Kaspersky Lab, includes suspicious or previously unknown malicious files and corresponding meta-data that the company’s products send to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) for automated malware analysis.
The file processing relocation is expected to be fully accomplished by the end of 2019. The relocation of other types of data processed by Kaspersky Lab products, consisting of several kinds of anonymized threat and usage statistics, is planned to be conducted during later phases of the Global Transparency Initiative.
Today also marks the opening of Kaspersky Lab’s first Transparency Center in Zurich, enabling authorized partners to access reviews of the company’s code, software updates, and threat detection rules, along with other activities. Through the Transparency Center, Kaspersky Lab will provide governments and partners with information on its products and their security, including essential and important technical documentation, for external evaluation in a secure environment.
These developments will be followed by the relocation of data processing for other regions and, in phase two, the move to Zurich of software assembly.
“Transparency is becoming the new normal for the IT industry – and for the cybersecurity industry in particular,” said CEO Eugene Kaspersky. “We are proud to be on the front line of this process. As a technological company, we are focused on ensuring the best IT infrastructure for the security of our products and data, and the relocation of key parts of our infrastructure to Switzerland places them in one of the most secure locations in the world. The promises made in our Global Transparency Initiative are coming to fruition, enhancing the resilience and visibility of our products. Through the new Transparency Center, also in Switzerland, trusted partners and governments will be able to see external reviews of our products and make up their own minds. We believe that steps such as these are just the beginning – for the company and for the security industry as a whole. The need to prove trustworthiness will soon become an industry standard.”
The relocation of data processing is part of a major infrastructure move designed to increase the resilience of its IT infrastructure to risks of data breaches and supply-chain attacks, the company said in a release
Eugene Kaspersky (PR photo)
As of today, malicious and suspicious files shared by users of Kaspersky Lab products in Europe will start to be processed in data centers in Zurich, initiating the first part of a relocation commitment made by the company in late 2017 under its Global Transparency Initiative. The move is accompanied by the opening of the company’s first Transparency Center, also in Zurich.
The relocation of data processing is part of a major infrastructure move designed to increase the resilience of the company’s IT infrastructure to risks of data breaches and supply-chain attacks and to further prove the trustworthiness of its products, services, and internal processes, the company said in a release.
From November 13, threat-related data coming from European users will start to be processed in two datacenters. The data, which users have actively chosen to share with Kaspersky Lab, includes suspicious or previously unknown malicious files and corresponding meta-data that the company’s products send to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) for automated malware analysis.
The file processing relocation is expected to be fully accomplished by the end of 2019. The relocation of other types of data processed by Kaspersky Lab products, consisting of several kinds of anonymized threat and usage statistics, is planned to be conducted during later phases of the Global Transparency Initiative.
Today also marks the opening of Kaspersky Lab’s first Transparency Center in Zurich, enabling authorized partners to access reviews of the company’s code, software updates, and threat detection rules, along with other activities. Through the Transparency Center, Kaspersky Lab will provide governments and partners with information on its products and their security, including essential and important technical documentation, for external evaluation in a secure environment.
These developments will be followed by the relocation of data processing for other regions and, in phase two, the move to Zurich of software assembly.
“Transparency is becoming the new normal for the IT industry – and for the cybersecurity industry in particular,” said CEO Eugene Kaspersky. “We are proud to be on the front line of this process. As a technological company, we are focused on ensuring the best IT infrastructure for the security of our products and data, and the relocation of key parts of our infrastructure to Switzerland places them in one of the most secure locations in the world. The promises made in our Global Transparency Initiative are coming to fruition, enhancing the resilience and visibility of our products. Through the new Transparency Center, also in Switzerland, trusted partners and governments will be able to see external reviews of our products and make up their own minds. We believe that steps such as these are just the beginning – for the company and for the security industry as a whole. The need to prove trustworthiness will soon become an industry standard.”
