OREANDA-NEWS. April 08, 2015. Kaspersky Lab will hold a security accelerator workshop today in San Francisco. Security Startup Challenge (SSC) is a global program designed to harness the dual expertise of the venture capital and cybersecurity industries. This unique acceleration program, created by Kaspersky Lab and venture industry leaders Mangrove Capital Partners and ABRT Venture Fund, is designed to provide startups with access to cutting-edge business, cybersecurity, and cross-industry expertise from around the world.

Running from March to August, the Security Startup Challenge 2015 will comprise of a preliminary series of two-day workshops in Jerusalem, Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore and Moscow. This will be followed by a three-month acceleration program which will include distance team work and two bootcamps in Luxembourg, culminating in a grand finale event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).

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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. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.