It has a healthcare security division, with U.S. The software is installed on 400 million computers worldwide, and Kaspersky tools are deployed at 270,000 organizations globally. McMillan said Kaspersky's technology has generally been solid, and that includes products used by the government and private sector. As long as geopolitical interests are involved, just about anything is possible.' To think it's not is naive,' said McMillan. 'Are there backdoors, are there things that other actors can take advantage of? We know it's possible. systems,' according to a recent ABC News report.Īnd while McMillan wouldn't weigh in one way or the other as to the validity of the intelligence community's concerns, he said any technology is at least potentially vulnerable to exploitation. has deepened concerns among some intelligence officials that the Kremlin spies could exploit Kaspersky Lab software 'to snoop on Americans or sabotage key U.S.

The increasingly fraught relationship between Russia and the U.S. McMillan’s comments came in reaction to news that federal investigations have been launched into the company, specifically its relationship with Vladimir Putin's regime.

SAN FRANCISCO - At the Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum, CynergisTek CEO Mac McMillan said Kaspersky Lab's technologies are widely deployed throughout the world, have been around for two decades and 'are at the heart of a lot of things.'

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