OREANDA-NEWS. Kaspersky Lab and GROUP Business Software (GBS), a leading supplier of solutions and services for the IBM and Microsoft collaboration platforms, have entered into a technology partnership agreement.

Under the agreement, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine will be integrated into iQ.Suite Watchdog, the anti-malware module of GBS’ flagship product, iQ.Suite, optimizing security and protecting the confidentiality of any email secured by iQ.Suite.

iQ.Suite provides a holistic email security solution for increased confidentiality and data protection. It enables the efficient implementation of even the most complex Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) scenarios. The iQ.Suite Watchdog component provides a customer’s email infrastructure with comprehensive, server-based protection against cyberthreats.

“Considering the recent increase in threats, secure email communication is becoming more and more important. Customers expect state-of-the-art protection for their valuable data. We are pleased to provide our customers with Kaspersky Lab’s comprehensive technologies as part of our products,” states Andreas Richter, GBS’ EVP Marketing & Product Management.

“For several decades now, email has been one of the important vectors of malware penetration into corporate networks. This is why a dedicated solution for mail server protection is a must have for any company, no matter how big or small. We are glad to become a technology partner of GBS, so that our technologies and expertise can be used to safeguard the email correspondence of GBS customers,” says Alexander Karpitsky, Head of Technology Licensing, Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus technology will be offered along with iQ.Suite’s newest release at the end of May 2015. Customers will also be able to purchase additional security as part of iQ.Suite Watchdog.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its more than 17-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide. 

*The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2013. The rating was published in the IDC report Worldwide Endpoint Security 2014–2018 Forecast and 2013 Vendor Shares (IDC #250210, August 2014). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2013.