Representatives of one of the largest IT companies in Russia Positive Technologies, which was included in the new US sanctions list, denied Washington’s accusations of cooperation with Russian intelligence.
“For almost twenty years of our work history, there is not a single fact of using the results of Positive Technologies research activities outside the traditions of ethical information exchange with the professional information security community and transparent business conduct,” the company said in an official statement.
Positive Technologies was included in the list of 10 Russian companies against which the US imposed sanctions on April 15. She is a specialist in the field of data security and protection. Among the partners of Positive Technologies, according to information on the official website : RusHydro, Sberbank, Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Inter RAO, Alfa-Bank, Raiffeisenbank and other large Russian companies. Positive Technologies also cooperates with foreign structures.
“We sincerely believe that geopolitics should not be an obstacle to the technological development of society, and for our part, we will continue to do what we are good at – to ensure cybersecurity and increase cybersecurity throughout the world. Therefore, we continue our work as usual with full observance of all obligations to our customers, partners and employees, ”the company stressed.