"Kaspersky Lab" became the sponsor of the racing team championship Formula E

"Kaspersky Lab" has entered into a partnership agreement with the racing team DS Virgin Racing, participating in the championship of Formula E - a class of racing on electric vehicles with open wheels. Over the next three seasons, until 2019, Kaspersky Lab will provide sponsorship support to the team, and its devices will be protected from cyberthreats by the company's solutions.

From the side of Kaspersky Lab, the agreement was signed by Alexander Moiseyev, the company's sales director, and by Virgin Virgin, Virgin Virginia's founder Richard Branson, who recently became the reserve team pilot. The signing ceremony took place at the Innovation Summit, held in Brooklyn on the eve of the Formula E stages in New York.

DS Virgin Racing - British racing team, racing in the Formula E race from the first season in 2014/2015. The team appeared as a result of technological cooperation of the international conglomerate VirginGroup and the French automobile company DS Automobiles.

Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, said: "We have long loved and support motor racing, and our arrival in Formula E is an absolutely logical step. It was not difficult to choose a team for the partnership. Like us, DS Virgin Racing is very fond of high technologies and always strive for technological excellence. Simply in our case, the goal of innovation is the protection of customers, and in their case - the victory in the race. "

Alexander Moiseev noted: "The progress that we have achieved in the field of cyber defense of cars, in part became possible due to our presence in motor sport. This partnership provides us with a test site for new ideas and concepts that we can then apply to developing appropriate solutions. "

Alex Tai, the head of DS Virgin Racing team, said: "We are very pleased to be partners of Kaspersky Lab, this gives us the confidence that we are the most protected team in the championship. Given the company's global leadership in the field of cybersecurity and extensive experience with motorsport, Kaspersky Lab has unique capabilities to protect the technology of our team and help in everything to be the first. "