Positive Technologies - RBC: "This Russian company is definitely connected with KGB"

"I prefer to think it's a mistake"

— The administration of US President Joe Biden has imposed new sanctions on more than 30 Russian companies and individuals, including Positive Technologies. Was it a surprise for you or did you take such a risk?

“No one warned us. Were we ready? Yes. Because, if you look at how events have developed in the world over the past years, there was a lot to say that this could happen. But we still want to hope that this is a mistake.

20 years ago, we chose our path, namely: product development and consulting aimed at protection. And all this time we strictly followed it. Therefore, all our interactions with customers, including intelligence agencies, were exclusively within the framework of the provision of products and services in the field of defensive security (defensive cybersecurity).