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In July, 2012, Natalya Kaspersky publicly weighed-in on legislation pending in Russia's lower parliament that would create an "Internet Blacklist" of banned sites similar to the [[Great Firewall of China]]. Despite unanimous condemnation from human rights groups, internet freedom advocates, and [[Wikipedia]], Natalya Kaspersky went on record supporting this law, claiming that censorship is necessary in order to protect children from harmful content and that concerns about the implications of censorship are overblown. |
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Critics have charged that this bill is aimed at suppressing websites critical of [[Vladmir Putin]] and his ruling political party. With TV, newspapers, and other traditional forms of media tightly controlled by the government, the internet has become the primary means of organizing by anti-regime protesters. In December, 2011, citizens captured video of poll workers stuffing ballot boxes with fake votes for Putin's party and uploaded it to YouTube. This led to public outcry and subsequent efforts by the government to prevent such material from being circulated on the internet in the future. |
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Kaspersky Labs, which also makes the Kaspersky Antivirus software sold in the United States and other countries, could stand to benefit from this legislation financially because the Russian government would likely hire them to develop the DNS filtering software and infrustructure. It is not yet known how consumers in the U.S. and other nations will respond, though rights groups say that a boycott is extremely likely after the fallout seen earlier in the year over [[SOPA]] and [[PIPA]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/world/europe/wikipedia-shuts-site-to-protest-bill-for-firewall-in-russia.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto Wikipedia Shuts Site to Protest Bill for Firewall in Russia]</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:13, 11 July 2012
Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya, or Natalya Kaspersky (Russian: Наталья Ивановна Касперская), is the former Chairwoman of Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab.[1] Until 2007 she was CEO of Kaspersky Lab.
As of October 2006, she and her ex-husband Eugene Kaspersky, a cryptologist and Kaspersky Lab CEO, owned about 80 percent of the company together.[2]
Biography
Kasperskaya graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machinestry (MIEM) in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics.[1] After graduation she worked as a research assistant at the Central Scientific Design Office.[1]
In 1994 Kaspersky started working at KAMI Information Technologies Center where she was involved in managing an antivirus project, AVP, which in 1997 was turned into Kaspersky Lab company. Kaspersky co-founded the company and became the first CEO.
In 2007 Kaspersky stepped back from CEO position in Kaspersky Lab and took over a daughter company, InfoWatch, taking the CEO position.
Natalya also is co-founder and director in the companies Nanosemantics, virtual talking agents, and Kribrum, social media monitoring.[citation needed]
She participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences worldwide. In 2010 she was co-chair of the first Horasis Global Russia Business Meeting[3] in Ljubljana.
Kaspersky is married, and has 4 children.[citation needed]
Controversy
Support for Internet Censorship
In July, 2012, Natalya Kaspersky publicly weighed-in on legislation pending in Russia's lower parliament that would create an "Internet Blacklist" of banned sites similar to the Great Firewall of China. Despite unanimous condemnation from human rights groups, internet freedom advocates, and Wikipedia, Natalya Kaspersky went on record supporting this law, claiming that censorship is necessary in order to protect children from harmful content and that concerns about the implications of censorship are overblown.
Critics have charged that this bill is aimed at suppressing websites critical of Vladmir Putin and his ruling political party. With TV, newspapers, and other traditional forms of media tightly controlled by the government, the internet has become the primary means of organizing by anti-regime protesters. In December, 2011, citizens captured video of poll workers stuffing ballot boxes with fake votes for Putin's party and uploaded it to YouTube. This led to public outcry and subsequent efforts by the government to prevent such material from being circulated on the internet in the future.
Kaspersky Labs, which also makes the Kaspersky Antivirus software sold in the United States and other countries, could stand to benefit from this legislation financially because the Russian government would likely hire them to develop the DNS filtering software and infrustructure. It is not yet known how consumers in the U.S. and other nations will respond, though rights groups say that a boycott is extremely likely after the fallout seen earlier in the year over SOPA and PIPA.[4]
References
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"Kaspersky Lab US Executive Team". Kaspersky Lab. Retrieved 2006-10-07.
Natalya Kaspersky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics. After graduation she worked as a research assistant at the Central Scientific Design Office. In 1994 Natalya started working at KAMI Information Technologies Center where she was involved in managing an antivirus project, AVP, which in 2000 was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Natalya is now CEO of Kaspersky Labs. Today she is a respected figure in the Russian information technology industry and participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences throughout the world.
- ^ Wendlandt, Astrid (2006-10-06). "Microsoft - caught between EU and US anti-virus firms". IOL Technology. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
- ^ Horasis Global Russia Business Meeting 2010
- ^ Wikipedia Shuts Site to Protest Bill for Firewall in Russia
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