Kaspersky Report: Building A Safer Cyberworld

Kaspersky has released its 2024–2025 Sustainability Report, outlining initiatives aimed at strengthening global cyber resilience through technology development, law enforcement collaboration, research, and responsible innovation.

According to the report, the cybersecurity company continued to focus on improving digital sustainability during the reporting period by reducing the disruption and financial losses associated with cyber incidents while supporting safer digital adoption across economies. It noted that the number of detected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups and operations increased by 74 percent compared with 2023, with intelligence gathered through its five dedicated Expertise Centers.

The report also highlights the company’s collaboration with international law enforcement agencies. During the reporting period, joint operations involving INTERPOL and AFRIPOL led to the arrest of more than 2,600 suspected cybercriminals.

Kaspersky also formalised its relationship with AFRIPOL through a five-year cooperation agreement and delivered cybersecurity training to law enforcement representatives from 23 African countries. The training covered Security Operations Center (SOC) operations and advanced threat hunting techniques, with the aim of improving local capabilities to detect and respond to cyber threats.

On the technology front, the company reported receiving 155 patents during 2024–2025, including 135 related to artificial intelligence. Its global research and development workforce of approximately 3,000 employees also produced 373 research publications over the same period.

The report states that Kaspersky aligned its AI development practices with emerging governance frameworks by joining the AI Pact of the European Commission and supporting the United Nations Global Digital Compact. These initiatives are intended to encourage responsible AI deployment and reduce risks such as misuse, bias, and system exploitation.

The company also highlighted its Cyber Immunity approach, implemented through KasperskyOS, which focuses on designing systems to be inherently resistant to compromise rather than relying primarily on reactive security updates.

Among its recent product developments, Kaspersky expanded into mobile connectivity with the Kaspersky eSIM Store and introduced Kaspersky Cloud Workload Security, a solution designed to protect workloads across servers, virtual machines, and private, public, and hybrid cloud environments.

“At Kaspersky, we see cybersecurity not only as a technology issue, but as a social one. Every day, people rely on digital services to work, communicate, study, receive services and manage their lives and they need to be able to do this safely. That is why our sustainability agenda starts with our core expertise: protecting people, organisations and critical systems from cyberthreats. But it also goes further — through responsible innovation, transparency, partnerships and support for communities. This report shows how our technologies, research and cooperation with partners translate into practical impact: fewer risks, stronger resilience and a safer digital environment for everyone,” said Maria Losyukova, Head of ESG & Sustainability at Kaspersky.

The full report is available at https://esg.kaspersky.com/