In 2017 we launched our Global Transparency Initiative, aimed at strengthening the company’s commitment to earning and maintaining the trust of its most important stakeholders: its customers. In 2018 we already made concrete and significant steps in its framework, including relocation and start of data processing for European users in Zurich, Switzerland, opening of our first Transparency Center also in Zurich, where we welcome our business partners and government stakeholders and ready to provide them with information on our products and their security. We believe that a policy of trust will catch on across the industry as a key basic requirement.
And although the principle of transparency has always been one of the many focuses of our work, we were able to render it absolute. Our social report is all about this. Digital security, gender equality, accessible knowledge, volunteering, paying attention to children and animal protection — each of the six priority themes has two stories. Click the inside / outside buttons and see that we communicate the same ideas that we share inside the company.
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This social report presents our priority topics in 2018: security, gender equality, care of children, education, volunteering, and animal protection. They are united by a theme that is the main priority for us in 2018: transparency.
With our outside/inside report structure, we would like to emphasize that we communicate the same ideas that we share inside the company. This page provides a brief overview of what we’ve achieved so far in this regard.
In our approach to corporate social responsibility, we rely on the Company Mission and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The topics that conform with the UN Goals are marked with special signs.
For 21 years, we’ve been recognized as experts in the fight against malware and cybercrime. Our ultimate mission - to save the world - shows the company’s commitment to making cyberspace safer and to protect what matters most to people. Kaspersky Free Antivirus is available worldwide. In addition, many solutions have free versions with basic functions available to anyone.
is the number of times
free solutions by Kaspersky
were
installed in 2018
new malicious files
are detected
by Kaspersky
daily
users are protected
by our technology
worldwide
independent tests
and reviews
times they took
first places
times made it
to the top three
Kaspersky advocates for gender equality in the technology industry. We support projects aimed at achieving this goal and we look forward to our efforts resulting in more women becoming IT professionals, taking top executive positions or even discovering the North Pole.
We’re investing in internships and partnering with organisations across Europe to open the doors and encourage young women all over the continent:
Through PwC’s Tech She Can charter, Kaspersky is committed to increasing the number of women working in technology roles.
Kaspersky’s sponsorship of Girls in Tech’s AMPLIFY — startup competition for entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, and designers that explores up and coming trends in innovation, technology, and most importantly, showcases the best and brightest female tech entrepreneurs.
Kaspersky Women’s Network — creating a Kaspersky where every woman can reach her full potential.
Kaspersky commitment to being more inclusive with Kaspersky Academy activities by making sure women are aware of them and actively participate in them – for example, inviting girls coding groups to participate in the Secur’IT Cup.
of Kaspersky top executives are women — we know we’ve got a long way to go on gender equality but we’re committed to getting there.
women, thanks to support by Kaspersky, went on a women’s polar expedition to the North Pole, which was organized by Felicity Aston, a renowned polar explorer. Some of them have become the first women in their respective countries to explore the Arctic.
Kids today are literally glued to their gadgets. The company’s global task is to teach them to use the internet securely. We develop solutions to protect kids from problems on the web; we organize a regular Safe Kids Roadshow – an educational campaign on kids’ online security; we publish books and educational flashcards.
thousand students
in 40 schools across
the globe have participated
in Safe Kids Roadshow events.
million is the number of views of the Virus episode in Fixiki animated series, which was created by Kaspersky together with Aeroplan Production Company and aimed to let the kids learn more about information security in a comprehensible and simple manner.
is the number of times the flashcard set has been downloaded from the company website since October 2017. Today, the cards are actively used at elementary, secondary and high school classes in Japan.
kids of the company staff attend children’s events organized by the company annually.
We believe that high-quality education should be widely available, and that’s why we support educational projects. We pay a lot of attention at the company staff development, offering up-to-date and varied learning programs, sessions and courses.
Kaspersky.Academy is an international educational project established by Kaspersky in 2010. We promote cybersecurity awareness worldwide by supporting young talents in IT and contributing to the development of top-notch educational programs in cybersecurity.
In 2017, Kaspersky was a sponsor and a partner at Starmus, an international popular science festival that took place in Trondheim, Norway.
In 2018, Kaspersky supported the Moscow City Department of Education’s initiative aimed at improving math teaching in the city. In cooperation with Moscow School No. 1409, we’ve founded Kaspersky Math Vertical, a project offering extensive fundamental math training for secondary school students.
Kaspersky staff members took soft skills development courses in 2017.
foreign languages are offered as a learning option for company staff, who can learn them online for free, or on site with partial reimbursement.
Kaspersky staff members support charity initiatives and organize their own ones. For example, they participate in running events to support children with special needs, collect and deliver items necessary for kids in orphanages or people in remote villages, and invent festivals where their friends and colleagues raise funds for those in need. The company hosts Blood Donor days regularly.
volunteers took part in different charity events
liters of blood was donated
New Year presents were delivered to the elderly and patients of hospices
charity initiatives were organized in the headquarters
environmental initiatives
sports events
blood donation
fundraising campaigns
collection of necessary items/presents
visits to an orphanage in Udomlya
visits to an orphanage in Udomlya were made during the year
kilos of items were delivered to the kids
people participated in 3 charity running events to support children with Down syndrome
km were passed by the company employees as part of the Sport Vo Blago project
tons of food were sorted out at the Greater Boston Food Bank as part of the Month of Giving campaign
was raised for the Red Cross, to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey
weeks worth of food collected for the critically ill under the Pie in the Sky campaign
staff members of Kaspersky in North America volunteered in 2017
km were run by staff members in various races, helping local charity organizations in North America
Kaspersky loves animals. The company has organized a study of various pet trackers and found out how safe they are, because it’s scary to lose data due to vulnerability, but losing a pet is even scarier. That’s why we organized a campaign to tell people what they can do to avoid that.
