As part of a Global Transparency Initiative, Kaspersky Lab has a new Transparency Centre in Madrid. Opening in May, the new centre will welcome guests to come and learn more about Kaspersky Lab’s engineering and data processing practices.
The move reflects Kaspersky Lab’s determination to assure the integrity and trustworthiness of its products, and follows on from the company’s first Transparency Centre, which was opened in Zurich in November 2018.
Since the company opened its first Transparency Centre, it has been receiving requests from business customers to learn more about how it is transparent, including queries on product functionality and data processing, it says. Along with being a place to undertake “standard” source code review, the Spanish facility will also serve as a briefing centre, 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 code.
In addition to the opening of the new Transparency Centre, 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.
