It was the first Russian company to be included into the rating of the world's leading software companies, called the Software Top 100 (79th on the list, as of June 29, 2012). Kaspersky Lab ranks fourth in the global ranking of antivirus vendors by revenue. As of 2016, the software has about 400 million users and has the largest market-share of cybersecurity software vendors in Europe.

Kaspersky expanded abroad from 2005 to 2010 and grew to $704 million in annual revenues by 2020, up 8% from 2016, though annual revenues were down 8% in North America due to U.S. Kaspersky Lab develops and sells antivirus, internet security, password management, endpoint security, and other cybersecurity products and services.

It was founded in 1997 by Eugene Kaspersky, Natalya Kaspersky, and Alexey De-Monderik Eugene Kaspersky is currently the CEO. Laboratoriya Kasperskogo) is a Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider headquartered in Moscow, Russia, and operated by a holding company in the United Kingdom.

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