Kaspersky Lab is opening a Transparency Center in Madrid, which in addition to a similar center opened in 2018 in Zurich, will serve as a trusted facility for the company’s partners and government stakeholders to come and check source code of the company’s products. In addition to being a code review facility, the new center will function as a briefing center where guests will be able to learn more about Kaspersky Lab’s engineering and data processing practices. The center will open for its first visitors in June.
The new center is being opened as part of the company’s Global Transparency Initiative – a set of measures being brought to life in order to fulfill growing demand from partners and government stakeholders for more information on how the Kaspersky Lab’s products and technologies work.
Since the company opened its first Transparency Center in Zurich in November 2018, it has been receiving requests from business customers to learn more about how it is transparent, including queries on product functionality and data processing. Along with being a place to undertake “standard” source code review, the Spanish facility will also serve as a briefing center, where visitors can learn more about the company’s portfolio, engineering and data processing practices.
This information will be delivered in an easily accessible way. The company has developed a review system, offering multiple options that adjust in line with what visitors are specifically interested in learning about. This system offers multiple review options, from a general non-technical overview of the company’s engineering practices and data protection standards, through to a deep and comprehensive review of the critical parts of the company’s source.
Previously announced plans to open Transparency Centers in Asia and North America by 2020 are still ongoing. In addition to the opening of the new Transparency Center, the company is publishing the
results of a voluntary third-party legal assessment aimed at providing an independent evaluation of the obligations the company adheres to in line with Russian legislation.
Kaspersky Lab opens new transparency center in Madrid and conducts independent legal assessment of Russian data processing legislation. “We see that businesses are most concerned about sensitive questions relating to data management processes – how data is stored and processed, and what the company does to keep users’ data safe. To meet those needs, we decided to open an additional Transparency Center where European clients, governments and regulators can receive answers to all their questions. This motivation was also behind our initiative to conduct a legal assessment,” says Anton Shingarev, Vice-president for Public Affairs at Kaspersky Lab.
