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U.S. Financial Firms Suffer Million Dollar Losses from Cybersecurity Incidents
According new data from the Kaspersky Lab Financial Institutions Security Risks 2016 , the costs associated with cyberattacks affecting the financial sector are rising as organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats. In the U.S., the cost of a cybersecurity incident to a financial institution can be as much as $1,165,000.
Cybersecurity Meets Art and Science: Eugene Kaspersky Returns from Inaugural Antarctic Biennale Expedition
Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, has just returned from the first Antarctic Biennale expedition – a creative journey that brought together artists, researchers, technology visionaries and philosophers in search of a universal, cultural future for Antarctica.
Kevin Chapman joins as new SMB General Manager
Today, I am pleased to announce that Kevin Chapman has joined our team as Avast’s new General Manager of our SMB business unit. I have known Kevin for years, and I am very glad he is joining us.
In this role, Kevin will lead all aspects of our SMB business, including our go-to-market strategy, product management, marketing, sales and support. Kevin joins us with a long background in security as well as great experience working with the channel having spent many years in senior roles at Symantec. He brings a track record building SMB operations and leading global teams.
The New Avast Brand
Avast and AVG become one
2017 marks the end of virus definition updates for Avast version 4.8
Taking a trip down memory lane with Avast version 4.8.
Beginning in January 2017, virus definition updates will be discontinued for Avast version 4.8.
Avast celebrates National Programmer’s Day
Today is National Programmers Day! The Avast team values each and every one of our programmers, and we know that we wouldn’t be where we are today without them by our side. The hard work and accomplishments of our programmers, developers and UI team has helped Avast become the world’s most trusted mobile and PC security in the world, and that’s a lot to be proud of!
Avast Employee Fund helps employees support non-profits
The Avast Foundation is an integral part of Avast and exists thanks to the hard work and dedication of the company’s 600 employees. Many Avastians volunteer in various non-profit organizations and are interested in playing a part in making both their local communities and the world a better place.
The Avast Employee Fund gives Avast employees the opportunity to help and recommend support for any of the publicly beneficial organizations for which they volunteer or support. Upon the selection of an employee‘s proposal, The Avast Foundation gives them the opportunity to help decide how the allotted funding from the Foundation will be put to use.
Avast is an ideal employer for student workers
From left to right: Timofei Semisynov, Nikola Jančiková, Tomáš Flek, Simona Stančeková and Bohuslav Endt.
At Avast, student workers are a special and integral part of our employee base. In order to get a genuine picture of life at Avast through a student worker’s lens, I sat down with five of our colleagues who work in various departments of the company. Although they are each responsible for different functions, there’s one key element that they all have in common: they are the makers and doers behind the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world.
