We have never been engaged and will never be in any cyberespionage. Kaspersky Lab’s malware detection policy is 100% clear: we detect and remediate any attack. There is no such thing as "right" or "wrong" malware for us. We are the leading force in discovering and disclosing malware attacks with links to governments and state organizations as well as Russian-speaking cyber espionage campaigns.

Kaspersky Lab has no political ties to any government or country. We do, indeed, regularly cooperate with international organizations, such as INTERPOL and Europol, to help fight global cybercrime, and work with law enforcement agencies in a number of countries, including the U.S. and within the EU, providing technical analysis of malicious programs during investigations.

Officially, culturally and strategically we are a global cybersecurity company even though geographical roots are Russian. Our holding company is registered in the UK, we have over 3800 employees and offices in 31 countries, our research centers are based on three continents, and more than 85% of our revenue comes from outside of Russia. This further demonstrates that working inappropriately with any government would be detrimental to the company's bottom line as we would then risk the largest part of our business.

The only affiliation with the KGB Eugene ever had, was studying cryptography and mathematics at the Higher School co-sponsored by the KGB and the Soviet Ministry of Defense. After studying there, Eugene served as a software engineer in Soviet Ministry of Defense, which is not the KGB. He has got a military rank, as all graduates of the Higher school received a rank automatically upon graduation. Eugene has no relationship with high ranking governmental officials in Russia. For the 20 years that Kaspersky Lab has existed, the company has never had any inappropriate ties with any government or law enforcement agencies.

All data processed and/or transferred through our products is secured through encryption, digital certificates, segregated storage and strict data access policies. It is not attributed to a specific person. The system works like an X-ray: seeing problems inside the system, but not the identity. Users of Kaspersky Lab products can reduce the amount of data processed from their protected devices to the absolute minimum. Millions of people around the globe trust Kaspersky Lab to protect their digital valuables, including private data.

We believe that a combined effort is the most effective way of tackling cybercrime. Balkanization of the cyber security community might only do good for the cybercriminals, and it is of utmost importance to share information and work together against them. Kaspersky Lab openly shares its knowledge and technical findings with the global security community and makes its research publicly available to encourage collaborative security practices and increase international cooperation.

We were among the pioneers of the No More Ransom project aimed at informing people of the dangers of ransomware and recovering their data, and we are a part of the Securing Smart Cities not-for-profit global initiative that aims to solve the existing and future cybersecurity problems of smart cities. We are also a member of the Industrial Internet Consortium that helps organizations to more easily connect and optimize assets and operations to drive agility across all industrial sectors.

Some of the organizations we have worked with in striving for a safer digital world include: Adobe, Dell Secureworks, Google, Microsoft, INTERPOL, Europol, The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of the Netherlands' Police Agency and The City of London Police (COLP), as well as Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) worldwide.