Federal Office for Security in Information Technology warns of Kaspersky

The products of the Russian company Kaspersky can be found on millions of German computers, because for many years has been familiar with the company's virus protection products. So far, there was no reason not to do that. The Kaspersky programs meet their purpose and protect the PC against attacks from outside. Apparently, the access of Kaspersky virus protection can also be a security gap, the Federal Office for Safety in Information Technology (BSI) and has now issued a warning on March 15, 2022. The BSI warns before the use of Kaspersky virus protection products. Why?

• Warning is consequence from the Ukraine conflict
• A political and no technical decision
• Kaspersky statement for the warning of the BSI

Warning is consequence from the Ukraine conflict

"Antivirus software, including the associated real-time cluduct services, has far-reaching system permissions and must maintain a permanent, encrypted and non-testable connection to a permanent, encrypted and non-testable connection to the manufacturer's servers," writing the * responsible persons of the BSI on the official website. * Apparently, there are no doubt about the manufacturer's reliability and therefore the Kaspersky software bends a risk of IT infrastructures.

"The procedure of military and / or intelligence forces in Russia and the threats expressed in the course of the current warrior conflict of Russian side against the EU, NATO and the Federal Republic of Germany are associated with a significant risk of a successful IT attack. A Russian IT Manufacturers can make offensive operations, forced to be forced to attack their will, to attack target systems, or even as a victim of a cyber surgery without spying on his knowledge or abused as a tool for attacks against his own customers, "warns the BSI. Accordingly, users of Kaspersky virus protection products are recommended to avoid other virus protection programs. And what do the people of Kaspersky say?

A political and no technical decision

An answer from Kaspersky did not wait for a long time: "We believe that this decision is not based on a technical assessment of Kaspersky products - for which we have always used ourselves at BSI and throughout Europe - but that they was taken for political reasons. We will continue to convince our partners and customers of the quality and integrity of our products and work with the BSI to clarify the decision and to remove the concerns of the BSI and other regulatory authorities, "let People of Kaspersky Via press release Relay.

"Kaspersky is a privately run global cyber security company, and as a private company Kaspersky has no connections to Russian or another government. We believe that peaceful dialogue is the only possible instrument to solve conflict." War is good for any1. " To avoid the Warning of the BSI, Kaspersky delivers a number of potential points to strengthen customers' confidence; Among other things, it is assisted that the data processing structure has been in Switzerland for years. Below we still have the complete statement for you. Whether you, if your Kaspersky's products are used, continues to be able to continue to create, you have to choose information available to you.

Kaspersky statement for the warning of the BSI

We believe that this decision is not based on a technical assessment of Kaspersky products - for which we have used ourselves in the BSI and throughout Europe, but that it was hit for political reasons. We will continue to convince our partners and customers from the quality and integrity of our products and work together with the BSI to clarify the decision and to remove the concerns of the BSI and other regulatory authorities.

At Kaspersky, we believe that transparency and continuous implementation of concrete measures that we prove our permanent commitment to integrity and trustworthiness to our customers are of paramount importance.

Kaspersky is a privately run global cyber security company, and Kaspersky has no connections to Russian or other government as a private company.

We believe that the peaceful dialogue is the only possible instrument to solve conflict. War is good for any1.

We have relocated our computing infrastructure to Switzerland: Since 2018, harmful and suspicious files voluntarily processed by users of Kaspersky products in Germany are processed into two data centers in Zurich. These data centers meet first-class industry standards and ensure the highest level of security. In addition to our data processing facilities in Switzerland, the statistics transmitted by users at Kaspersky can be processed over the Kaspersky Security Network in various countries of the world, including Canada and Germany. The safety and integrity of our data services and technical practices have been confirmed by independent reviews of third parties: through the SOC 2 audit of a "Big Four" auditor and the ISO 27001 certification and recent re-certification of TÜV Austria.

Kaspersky has set standards for digital trust and transparency in the industry. Our customers have the opportunity to carry out a free technical and comprehensive examination of our solutions:

• Insight into our secure software development documentation, including threats analysis, safety assurance and application security testing;
• Insight into the source code of our leading solutions, including: Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS), our leading product for private users; Kaspersky Endpoint Security (KES), our leading solution for companies; and Kaspersky Security Center (KSC), a control console for our company products;
• Checking all versions of our builds and AV database updates as well as the types of information that caspersky products generally send to the cloud-based Kaspersky Security Network (KSN);
• Rebuild of the source code to ensure that it coincides with publicly available modules;
• Review of the results of an external audit of the technical practices of the company carried out by one of the Big Four Wirtschaftsprüfungs companies;
• Review of the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS), our main product for home users, Kaspersky Endpoint Security (KES), our leading solution for companies, and Kaspersky Security Center (KSC), a control console for our company products.

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