Cybersecurity
Kaspersky to Close Washington Office But Expand Non-State Sales
- Russian firm to open its source code to independent audit
- Company wants to remain in non-federal U.S. security market
The U.S. banned government use of Kaspersky software in September.
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A Russian software-maker, whose products are banned for use in federal information systems by the U.S. government, is seeking to remain in the North American market and prove its products have no hidden capabilities.
Kaspersky Lab Inc. will close its Washington D.C. office that was selling to the government and will keep working with non-federal customers in the U.S. via its remaining offices in the country, vice-president Anton Shingarev said in an interview in Moscow. The company also committed in October to open its product’s source code to an independent third-party review and plans to open new offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto next year.