A Russian IT news service has reported that Kaspersky Labs is developing its own secure operating system for use in industrial control systems. One of Eugene Kaspersky's competitors, Renat Yusupov of Kraftway, predicts that Kaspersky is "most likely developing a process control operating system where security is vital. It will probably be used in production, aviation, transport, energy, and may be used for military purposes."
While Kaspersky Labs hasn't made an official announcement, it has advertised for a requirements analyst and a senior security system designer for SCADA automated control systems. The ad which was listed with a HeadHunter website also said that Kaspersky is developing a new secure operating system.
Kaspersky has been in the forefront of investigating the Stuxnet, DuQu, and Flame attacks against Iran so the announcement that it's developing a secure O/S for the same types of systems that Stuxnet was designed to attack makes a lot of sense. Further, the quality of their security research plus the fact that Russia produces some of the best software engineers in the world suggests to me that this product could be in high demand - especially by its Rosatom customers. However, Kaspersky's close relationship with Russia's security services should also be considered by its potential customers. Under Russian law, the FSB could ask Kaspersky to include a backdoor in its secure O/S and the company would be required to comply. In fact, I can't imagine the FSB missing out on such an opportunity for intelligence collection against potential customers among the Commonwealth of Independent States, India, China, South Africa and others.
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While Kaspersky Labs hasn't made an official announcement, it has advertised for a requirements analyst and a senior security system designer for SCADA automated control systems. The ad which was listed with a HeadHunter website also said that Kaspersky is developing a new secure operating system.
Kaspersky has been in the forefront of investigating the Stuxnet, DuQu, and Flame attacks against Iran so the announcement that it's developing a secure O/S for the same types of systems that Stuxnet was designed to attack makes a lot of sense. Further, the quality of their security research plus the fact that Russia produces some of the best software engineers in the world suggests to me that this product could be in high demand - especially by its Rosatom customers. However, Kaspersky's close relationship with Russia's security services should also be considered by its potential customers. Under Russian law, the FSB could ask Kaspersky to include a backdoor in its secure O/S and the company would be required to comply. In fact, I can't imagine the FSB missing out on such an opportunity for intelligence collection against potential customers among the Commonwealth of Independent States, India, China, South Africa and others.
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