Cybersecurity company Kaspersky opens its first Transparency Center in the Asia Pacific, in partnership with CyberSecurity Malaysia — Malaysia’s national cybersecurity specialist agency — in line with its drive toward building trust in the industry. The company’s third code review facility will be located in Cyberjaya, alongside key cyber-related government agencies and companies in the country.

Like its counterparts in Zurich and Madrid, the Transparency Center in Malaysia will serve as a trusted facility for the company’s partners and government stakeholders to come and check the source code of Kaspersky’s solutions. The new center will also function as a briefing center where guests will be able to learn more about Kaspersky’s engineering and data processing practices.

Government regulators and enterprise clients of Kaspersky can request to review the company’s solutions and services including threat analysis, secure review, and the application security testing process. They can also review the source code of Kaspersky’s flagship consumer and enterprise solutions – Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS); Kaspersky Endpoint Security (KES), and Kaspersky Security Center (KSC), which is a console for the company’s business products.

(From left) Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky; Anton Shingarev, Vice President for Public Affairs at Kaspersky; Lieutenant Colonel Mustaffa Bin Ahmad (Retired), Senior Vice President for Outreach & Capacity Building at CyberSecurity Malaysia; Dato’ Ts. Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO at CyberSecurity Malaysia; Eugene Kaspersky, CEO at Kaspersky; and Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky

As well as these, stakeholders can also review all versions of Kaspersky’s builds and AV-database updates as well the information the company processes such as data feeds from Kaspersky products that are sent to the cloud-based Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). Access to the Transparency Center is available upon request. More information on how Kaspersky Transparency Centers work is available on the website.

“It’s great to be here in Kuala Lumpur – in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region – to announce the opening of our third Transparency Center. Here we intend to show customers and government stakeholders that our products are 100% trustworthy and ensure the highest level of cybersecurity protection. The launch also proves that the activities we planned under our pioneering Global Transparency Initiative remain on track,” said Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky.

“We are excited to unlock the doors of this digital hub to let users experience the services and capabilities of Kaspersky’s cybersecurity technology here in our region. As a paradigm shift for the cybersecurity industry, this facility – the first in the region – will be located in Cyberjaya, all thanks to the kind cooperation of CyberSecurity Malaysia. We are grateful for their trust and commitment towards us as this third-party validation proves that private companies and public agencies can team-up to better protect users from cybercrime,” comments Stephan Neumeier, managing director for the Asia Pacific at Kaspersky.

The new center is being opened as part of the company’s Global Transparency Initiative – a brainchild of Kaspersky which aims to address the growing demand from partners and government stakeholders for more information on how its products and technologies work. The center will open for its first visitors early next year.

“As the threat landscape continues to evolve in Malaysia and in the region, we believe that it is crucial for private companies such as Kaspersky and government agencies to build trust and mutual cooperation. Kaspersky’s willingness to open their doors and data processes further shows that they have nothing to hide. As a third-party entity, we also share their insights and concerns to make the cybersecurity industry better. We really hope that our partnership will be an example for more governments and private entities in exercising fairness and transparency for the benefit of our citizens and the cybersecurity industry,” notes Dato’ Ts. Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia.