ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK: Kaspersky makes a move to improve digital security
This column has long held that the missing ingredient in almost all new technology is trust. Security, privacy and protection are always bolted on as an afterthought. Most hardware and software makers get away with it, because we have traded trust for convenience. But it is slowly coming to haunt us, as holes in systems expose us to economic and political fraud, and both personal and national damage. It was fitting, then, that France's President Emmanuel Macron put trust at the centre of the Paris Call, a declaration issued at the Paris Peace Forum on Monday. It called on key players to improve trust, stability and security in cyberspace, and join in initiatives to strengthen security of digital processes. By coincidence, the very next day saw the opening of the world's first Transparency Centre in Switzerland. Launched by information security provider Kaspersky Lab, it is designed to assure stakeholders that they can trust cybersecurity. Formerly based in Moscow, Kaspersky Lab move...
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