To enhance global efforts aimed at making the digital world safe and secure, Kaspersky has joined the ranks of organizations endorsing the vision of the United Nations’ Global Digital Compact. This framework sets out objectives and principles that participating parties will use to foster a more inclusive, open and sustainable digital future. As a Compact supporter, Kaspersky will continue to deliver on its mission of building a safer world where people are free to use the power of digital technologies to improve their lives.
The Global Digital Compact is a comprehensive
framework for global governance of digital technology and artificial
intelligence. Laying out a roadmap for cooperation to activate the potential of
digital technology, the document promotes a global and inclusive effort and
encourages organizations and associations to endorse its vision and principles.
The Compact is structured around five major objectives, namely:
- Ensuring that digitalization is accelerating progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals;
- Expanding inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy;
- Fostering a digital space that respects and protects human rights;
- Advancing responsible data governance approaches;
-
Enhancing
international governance of artificial intelligence for the benefit of all.
By joining the Compact, Kaspersky reaffirms its commitment to make our world more sustainable by minimizing cyber risks and leading society toward immunity against digital threats. With digital literacy improvement being one of the key action areas to this end, Kaspersky will continue raising cybersecurity awareness among the general public by releasing cybersecurity research and developing its educational initiatives, including those run by Kaspersky Academy. To provide a more profound knowledge on security evaluation, Kaspersky will continue advancing its Expert Training programs so that they correspond to the needs of businesses, government and academic institutions.
Fostering an
inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space requires a multi-faceted
approach, taking into account numerous aspects ranging from internet governance
to digital trust and security. As an early digital trust pioneer, Kaspersky
continues to lead in this area by expanding its Global
Transparency Initiative (GTI) to demonstrate the
trustworthiness of the company’s products, internal processes and business
operations. Allowing trusted partners and customers as well as regulators to
check the source code of its products, software updates and threat detection
rules, Kaspersky contributes to the formation of a reliable and secure digital
space.
Kaspersky has also
been a frequent contributor to the process of drafting legislation,
policies and other documents that aim to bring cybersecurity
considerations to the development of emerging technologies, including
artificial intelligence. Just recently, as part of the 2024 UN Internet
Governance Forum, Kaspersky presented “Guidelines for Secure Development and Deployment of AI
Systems,” prior to which it set out “Principles of ethical use of AI systems
in cybersecurity” to ensure that innovation is led to the
benefit of all.
“Kaspersky has been a great supporter of global initiatives
encouraging cooperation of diverse stakeholders, including governments, the
private sector and civil society,” comments Yuliya Shlychkova, Vice
President of Public Affairs at Kaspersky. “The Global Digital Compact outlines a vision where the digital
technologies act as enablers of a more sustainable world, which is inherent in
our company’s mission to foster a safer online space by creating
secure-by-design technologies. Kaspersky was proud to partake in the Compact
elaboration and is pleased to endorse it to make the digital future a future
for all.”
Kaspersky was an
active participant to the informal consultations and stakeholder sessions
preceding the Compact adoption at the Summit of the Future in New York in
September 2024. The company has, in particular, stressed the importance of a
paradigm shift in cybersecurity and its further development toward secure by
design or Cyber Immune technologies, including in
the context of AI system development and deployment. Another focus Kaspersky
called to consider is the need to label AI-produced content and enhance
cooperation among various stakeholders to ensure the AI-driven innovation brings
a change for the better.
Creating a safer
digital world has been Kaspersky’s mission and one of its key sustainable
development strategies. More information about how Kaspersky is making the
digital world more resilient and ensures that people can use technology
to improve life on the planet can be found in the
company’s Sustainability
report.
