Kaspersky tries to win back trust after Russian spying scandal

The initiative will begin with an independent review of Kaspersky's source code, an independent assessment of its own security practices, and the creation of new data protection controls for its handling of secure data, also independently overseen. Kaspersky Lab founder, Eugene Kaspersky, said: "Internet balkanisation benefits no one except cybercriminals. Reduced cooperation among countries helps the bad guys in their operations, and public-private partnerships don't work like they should. "We need to reestablish trust in relationships between companies, governments and citizens. That's why we're launching this Global Transparency Initiative".