Kaspersky Lab, a Russian company that develops secure content and threat management systems, recently signed a multilateral agreement, otherwise known as Memorandum of Understanding or MoU, with both the European Police Office, or Europol, and the International Criminal Police Organization, more famously known as the INTERPOL, to widen the range of cooperation involving the corporation and the two security agencies in the battle against worldwide crime terror through cyberspace.
Last September of 2014, the Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, Eugene Kaspersky, with INTERPOL Secretary General, Ronald K. Noble, signed very important documents regarding the cooperation of Kaspersky’s company to supply products, information, and continuing support given to the INTERPOL Global Complex for the Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore.
Earlier in October of the same year, Eugene Kaspersky and Europol’s Assistant Director and Head of its European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), Troels Oerting, together, signed a MoU between their respective offices for the better collaboration involving the two institutes. The activity was authorized at the INTERPOL-Europol Cybercrime Conference in Singapore.
According to the Kaspersky Lab CEO, this partnership is a major leap for the battle against cyber crime worldwide. The joint venture with the two security agencies represents the pioneering achievements of the whole cyber security industry. Cooperation made like this is important for the improvement of cyberspace security.
Furthermore, Kaspersky also said that these types of alliances are exactly what is needed in the mission to save the world from threats made in cyberspace. As the threats continue to add up, they have joined both local and international bodies on law enforcement and some private security corporations to combat the growing hazards effectively.
The newly made contract indicates an increase in cooperation linking the parties concerned and will persist on Kaspersky’s assistance with INTERPOL, which has transpired since April of the year 2013. In accordance to the contract with INTERPOL, Kaspersky shall supply hazardous intelligence, both hardware and software, to the recently created INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (ICGI) in Singapore. They will also have to systematize and run a string of training sessions for the INTERPOL officers involved to get them to act faster on malware psychoanalysis, digital forensics, as well as financial threat research. Moreover, one of Kaspersky’s top malware analysts would also be temporarily transferred to the ICGI.
As said by Ronald Noble, INTERPOL’s Secretary General, the complicated and constantly changing nature of the threat landscape in cyberspace needs a high level of technological knowledge. This is a vital part in battling against cyber crime and the enhancement of digital security.
Noboru Nakatani, the executive director of INTERPOL’s Global Complex for Innovation, says that the crimes in cyberspace is really a trans-national misdeed done in nature. He also adds that these types of actions are a huge dispute to law enforcement agencies and that even the rich countries are experiencing this.
In addition, Oerting states that this agreement is a great basis and foundation for extending the cooperation with Kaspersky Lab in the common path they had taken to battle against and prevent cyber crimes in the entire world. He also tells everyone that the joining of forces to share the expertise and knowledge with one another will give them an upperhand in securing the safety of cyberspace.
Just this September 2014, Kaspersky Lab has also combined forces with London to help them tackle cybercrime.