APPENDIX C. KASPERSKY LAB
Founded in 1997, Kaspersky Lab has become a recognized leader in information
security technologies. It produces a wide range of data security software and
delivers high-performance, comprehensive solutions to protect computers and
networks against all types of malicious programs, unsolicited and unwanted e-
mail messages, and hacker attacks.
Kaspersky Lab is an international company. Headquartered in the Russian
Federation, the company has subsidiary offices in the United Kingdom, France,
Germany, Japan, USA (CA), the Benelux countries, China and Poland. A new
company department, the European Anti-Virus Research Centre, has recently
been established in France. Kaspersky Lab's partner network incorporates more
than 500 companies worldwide.
Today, Kaspersky Lab employs more than 250 specialists, each of whom is
proficient in anti-virus technologies, with 9 of them possessing M.B.A. degrees,
15 possessing Ph.Ds, and two experts holding membership in the Computer
Anti-Virus Researcher's Organization (CARO).
Kaspersky Lab offers best-of-breed security solutions, based on its unique
experience and knowledge gained over more than 14 years of fighting computer
viruses. A thorough analysis of computer virus activities enables the company to
deliver comprehensive protection from current and even future threats.
Resistance to future attacks is the basic policy implemented in all Kaspersky
Lab's products. At all times, the company’s products remain at least one step
ahead of many other vendors in delivering extensive anti-virus coverage for
home users and corporate customers alike.
Years of hard work have made the company one of the top security software
manufacturers. Kaspersky Lab was one of the first businesses of its kind to
develop the highest standards for anti-virus defense. The company’s flagship
product, Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
, provides full-scale protection to all tiers of a
network, including workstations, file servers, mail systems, firewalls and Internet-
gateways, hand-held computers. Its convenient and easy-to-use management
tools ensure advanced automation for rapid virus protection across the
enterprise. Many well-known manufacturers use the Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
kernel, including Nokia ICG (USA), F-Secure (Finland), Aladdin (Israel), Sybari
(USA), G Data (Germany), Deerfield (USA), Alt-N (USA), Microworld (India),
BorderWare (Canada), etc.
Kaspersky Lab's customers benefit from a wide range of additional services that
ensure not only stable operation of the company products but also compliance
with any specific business requirements. Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus database is
updated in real-time every 3 hours. The company provides its customers with a
24-hour technical support service, which is available in several languages to
accommodate its international clientele.
