Kaspersky Lab Named a 15-Year Excellence in Information Security Testing Award Recipient

Woburn, MA – April 21, 2015 – Kaspersky Lab today announced that it has been named an Excellence in Information Security Testing Award recipient by ICSA Labs for outstanding achievement and successful completion of 15 years of continuous ICSA Labs information security testing.

"ICSA Labs’ Excellence in Information Security Testing (EIST) Awards recognizes Kaspersky Lab’s dedication to the quality improvement process,” said George Japak, managing director, ICSA Labs. “It takes significant budget, resources and discipline to not only test and achieve information security certification, but also to maintain that certification going forward. The goal is to establish an improved security product that benefits both customers and the security ecosystem.”

The Excellence in Information Security Testing (EIST) Awards recognizes clients that have continually tested their products for 10, 15 or 20 years and maintained their information security certification with ICSA Labs. ICSA Labs’ clients benefit by working closely with analysts, leveraging criteria for product development, accessing research and participating in consortia, all with the objective of contributing to improved products that benefit customers and the security ecosystem.

“Businesses today are dealing with an ever-growing number of sophisticated and targeted attacks aimed at stealing sensitive corporate data or financial information,” said Chris Doggett, managing director of Kaspersky Lab North America. “This problem is continuing to get worse and is validated by a recent Kaspersky Lab survey that found that 12% of respondents experienced at least one targeted attack in the past year – a substantial increase from the 9% reported in the 2012 and 2013 studies. For this reason, we are always looking for opportunities to work with reputable third-party testing organizations like ICSA Labs to certify the efficacy of our solutions. This 15-year Excellence in Information Security Testing Award validates our long-standing commitment to provide powerful solutions that help protect organizations against sophisticated cyberattacks.”

One solution that has been certified by ICSA Labs is Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, which combines the ease of centralized deployment, management and control over all devices connected to the corporate network with reliable protection against known, unknown and advanced cyberthreats.

To see a list of Kaspersky Lab products certified by ICSA Labs please go to https://www.icsalabs.com/products

To learn more about Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, please visit: /business-security

About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users^*. Throughout its more than 17-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

*The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2013. The rating was published in the IDC report Worldwide Endpoint Security 2014–2018 Forecast and 2013 Vendor Shares (IDC #250210, August 2014). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2013.

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About ICSA Labs
ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, has been providing credible, independent, third-party product assurance for end-users and enterprises since 1989. ICSA Labs provides third-party testing and certification of security and health IT products, as well as network-connected devices, to measure product compliance, reliability and performance for many of the world’s top technology vendors.

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