Kaspersky's new 'global transparency initiative' aims to rebuild trust by submitting source code for review

  Kaspersky software was recently banned from US government computers over fears that the security company has links to the Russian government. This is something Kaspersky vehemently denies, and now it has announced a new "global transparency initiative" to try to win back trust. Part of the newly transparent Kaspersky will see the company submitting source code for current and future software to "the broader information-security community and other stakeholders." It is hoping that the scrutiny will put to bed ideas that it has been engaged in espionage with the Russian authorities. See also: Kaspersky Secure Connection VPN service is… [Continue Reading]