Kaspersky Lab Fact Sheet
Kaspersky Lab Fact Sheet
10 Key Facts about Kaspersky Lab
1. Founded in 1997 and led by Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of the company
2. Holding company registered in the United Kingdom, 33 representative offices in 30 countries on 5
continents, and operations in almost 200 countries and territories worldwide
3. Provides protection for over 400 million people and about 270,000 companies worldwide including
large enterprises, small and medium businesses
4. Averages more than 20 million product activations per year
5. Global unaudited revenue for 2013 is US$667 million. The company’s growth is 9% in the
corporate segment overall and 18% in the enterprise segment (non-audited revenue growth 2013
vs. 2012)
6. Employs more than 3,000 highly-qualified specialists, more than a third of them are R&D
specialists
7. One of the four biggest endpoint security vendors in the world (IDC rating, 2013)1
8. Named a ‘Leader’ in endpoint protection by the Big Three analytic agencies (Gartner2, IDC3 and
Forrester4)
9. Kaspersky Lab’s portfolio includes 253 patents issued in the US, Russia, the EU and China; 294
patent applications are currently under consideration by patent authorities
10. An official sponsor of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One racing team
80 Words 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 1. 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. With its holding company registered in the
United Kingdom, Kaspersky Lab operates in almost 200 countries and territories, providing protection for
over 400 million users worldwide.
Unique experience and knowledge
Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT)
 In 2008 Kaspersky Lab established its Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) to lead its antithreat intelligence, research and innovation, both internally and externally;
 Nowadays this elite group of 40 world-leading security experts is active in all regions;
 GReAT discovered and dissected the most sophisticated threats, including Flame, Gauss,
miniFlame, RedOctober, NetTraveler, Icefog, Careto/The Mask, Darkhotel, Regin, etc.
 Kaspersky Lab is detecting 325,000 new malicious files every day
Cooperation with international security community
 The company cooperates with international organizations (such as INTERPOL, Europol), national
and regional law enforcement agencies (such as The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of the
Netherlands’ Police Agency and City of London Police), and Computer Emergency Response Teams
(CERTs) worldwide;
 Kaspersky Lab is actively supporting INTERPOL’s launch of a new Digital Forensics Laboratory as
part of the Digital Crime Center at the Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore.
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Software vendor support
 Kaspersky Lab actively collaborates with global IT vendors such as Adobe, Google, Microsoft and
others in order to coordinate and report discovered vulnerabilities when they are detected through
research or by identifying cases “in the wild.”
International Advisory Board
 In February 2014 Kaspersky Lab announced the establishment of International Advisory Board,
gathering world-known cybersecurity experts, to provide the company with strategic advice about
the IT security market;
 Howard A. Schmidt, former Cyber Advisor to both President Bush and President Obama, serves as
the chairman of the International Advisory Board and is joined by Bruce Schneier, Jae-Woo Lee,
Latha Reddy, Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Norbert Pohlmann and Whitfield Diffie.
Kaspersky Lab in the Market
Global leadership
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Ranked 4th in the Endpoint Security market (Consumer+Corporate) (IDC, 2014)1
The 3rd largest vendor in the Consumer Endpoint Security market and the 5th largest vendor in the
Corporate Endpoint Security market worldwide (IDC, 2014)1
Ranked 3rd in the Security Suite segment of the Corporate Endpoint Security market (IDC, 2014)1
Officially named a ‘Leader’ in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms 2
Named a ‘Leader’ in the IDC MarketScape: Western Europe Enterprise Endpoint Security 2012
Vendor Analysis (doc #IS01V, March 2013)3
Ranked as one of the ‘Leaders’ in the Endpoint Security Solutions market by Forrester Research,
Inc4
Kaspersky Lab achieves the industry's best results in independent product tests: in 2013
Kaspersky Lab products participated in 79 independent tests and reviews. On 41 occasions they
took 1st place, and 61 tests rated Kaspersky Lab in the Top 3.
Regional leadership
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The second largest security software vendor in the European retail market 6 and a consumer
market leader in a number of European countries 5
Position in selected key markets (consumer segment, Retail 6)
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Kaspersky Lab Technology and OEM Partners
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Kaspersky Lab has about 120 global technology OEM and pre-installation agreements with companies
including Microsoft, IBM, Cisco Meraki, Juniper Networks, Alcatel Lucent, Blue Coat, Check Point, D-Link,
Clearswift, Netgear, ZyXel, Alt-N, Parallels, Lenovo, Facebook, Qualcomm, BAE Systems, H3C, Trustwave,
Vertu, ASUS, Samsung, Toshiba, Stormshield, Amazon Web Services, Openwave Messaging and General
Dynamics.
Kaspersky Lab Global Brand Initiatives
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An official sponsor of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One racing team;
Sponsor of a number of geographic expeditions;
Kaspersky Academy is a series of projects dedicated to supporting young talents in IT security. It
organizes the annual ‘CyberSecurity for the Next Generation’ educational event bringing together
students, young scientists and researchers as well as leading IT security experts.
References
1 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” (August 2014, IDC #250210). The
report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2013.
2 Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Peter Firstbrook, John Girard, Neil MacDonald, January 8, 2014.
3 IDC MarketScape: Western European Enterprise Endpoint Security 2012 Vendor Analysis (doc #IS01V, March 2013)
4 The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013
5 GfK, security suites & antivirus software, retail market, January – October 2014, by sales value.
6 GfK data for European countries, January – October 2014