Kaspersky Lab secures contract with Brazilian Armed Forces

[omidomi]

Kaspersky Lab has won a tender to supply cybersecurity tools to the Brazilian Air Forces.

After a "complex public competition" through local channel partner EsyWorld, the Russian company said it underwent a "rigorous evaluation process" to establish whether its software offerings were fit for purpose.
The contract has a duration of three years and is worth 8,4 million reais ($2,6 million) in total, of which 4,5 million reais ($1,4 million) will be destined to Army projects alone, with a cybersecurity budget of 2,3 million reais ($735,000) for the Air Force and 1,6 million ($512,000) reais for the Navy.

Kaspersky Lab did not disclose details of the specific products that the Brazilian Armed Forces will be using or when the work will commence, but the official announcement mentions that the some 120,000 computers will be equipped with the new software.

"Winning this tender positions Kaspersky Lab strategically to offer the same solutions to the Brazilian Armed Forces as a whole," the company said in a statement.

Last week, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a binding operational directive to all federal agencies, ordering them to discontinue use of Kaspersky software over concerns with the Russian-based company's ties to the Kremlin.

 

[In2an3_PpG]

Good for Kaspersky. Glad to see them picking up more business after the fiasco in the states.

 

[Weebarra]

Well done to them i say, suck it up Mr Donald T

 

[Mitronix477]

They deserve it indeed. After all the chaos in the US regarding the name of Kasperksy..

 

[hamo]

Who will be the losser, Kaspersky or USA ? :X3:

Who will be the winner Brazilia or Kaspersky ?

 

[L S]

So now ....... and politics are in the game with Antivirus / Antimalware products ....... (as it was not until now)

 

[cruelsister]

Guys- Russia could care less about Brazil. But the potential of the FSB "forcing" K to drop malware to US defense servers during future times of stress cannot be ignored by the Administration of the US (whether likely or unlikely). Using K by the US Government would be tantamount to the USA using a North Korean OS and saying "They would NEVER hurt us".

 

[bribon77]

In fact, I do not imagine the Kremlin using Norton.

 

[NikolayfromRussia]

The US government is against to use kaspersky products while Brazilian is for. It is a political game.
Guys, we shouldn't be involved in such political game. I use Norton made in US and happy with it. I don't care if it can collect data or not. There is nothing to collect from my PC. No important information stored on my PC

 

[mlnevese]

Some people behave as if they are holding important enough information in their computers to be targeted. Guess what.. you aren't... What we just saw happening with Piriform is not a cheap trick to perform... and if there is no chance for profit no one will lose their time with you.

And if you work with secret or sensitive information that would make you a target I hope you are smart enough not to keep it in a personal computer without a complex layer of protection between you and a potential invader, something that you certainly do not have at home....