Kaspersky on the lookout for Israeli experts to join its global team of experts
Company's CEO and co-founder Eugene Kaspersky
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Kaspersky to open its 1st office in Israel
CEO of Russian anti-virus software maker says that for cyber security company, 'it's a very good idea' to have office in Tel Aviv
Russian anti-virus software maker Kaspersky Lab plans to open its first office in Israel,
according to its chief executive officer.
Kaspersky added that the company was also on the lookout for Israeli experts to join the company's global team of experts.
"For an oil company it would be a very good idea to have an office in Siberia or Russia. Being a cyber security company, it's a very good idea to have an office in Israel," the company's CEO and co-founder Eugene Kaspersky said last week.
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"It's very difficult to find these guys because they are like chess champions ... and there are so many clever people in Israel," Kaspersky told journalists at Tel Aviv University's Yuval Neeman cyber security conference.
The Moscow-based company makes one of the top-selling anti-virus programs in the United States, but with the decline of global sales of personal computers demand has slowed.
In May the company said it planned to open its first office in Washington to spearhead sales to the US government, one of the world's largest buyers of technology products, in a bid to offset slowing demand for its consumer programs.
Last year global PC sales posted their biggest decline in more than two decades, hurt by a shift to tablets and smartphones.
Kaspersky Lab said it hoped the new Tel Aviv office will strengthen the company's sales in the region.
