Mr Kaspersky was a cryptologist and officer in the Soviet army when he became fascinated with computer viruses in the 1990s. After developing antivirus programs for a civilian IT company, he spun out the division in 1997 when the parent company was hit by the Russian financial crisis. “I had no choice,” he says. “I had a family with two children and I was looking for a way to make extra money.”
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Eugene Kaspersky - A tech tycoon who values privacy
The co-founder and chief executive of Kaspersky Labs, the Russian internet security company, is proud of his high-level contacts – but says it is also worrying. “It is nice to be recognised, but it’s bad, too. The situation on cyber security must be so serious now if I am recognised as important.”
Mr Kaspersky was a cryptologist and officer in the Soviet army when he became fascinated with computer viruses in the 1990s. After developing antivirus programs for a civilian IT company, he spun out the division in 1997 when the parent company was hit by the Russian financial crisis. “I had no choice,” he says. “I had a family with two children and I was looking for a way to make extra money.”
Mr Kaspersky was a cryptologist and officer in the Soviet army when he became fascinated with computer viruses in the 1990s. After developing antivirus programs for a civilian IT company, he spun out the division in 1997 when the parent company was hit by the Russian financial crisis. “I had no choice,” he says. “I had a family with two children and I was looking for a way to make extra money.”
