Abingdon, UK, 23 January 2012 – Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, today announced that it has become a Golden Member of the Samsung Enterprise Alliance Programme. The new global partnership will mean closer cooperation between the companies and the inclusion of Kaspersky Lab’s products on a wide range of Samsung devices.

Commenting on the new partnership, Garry Kondakov, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Kaspersky Lab, said: “We are very glad to begin the new global partnership with Samsung Electronics and to take our cooperation to a whole new level. Our membership in the Samsung Enterprise Alliance Programme will help us to further develop our mobile solutions based on Samsung’s vast experience, and also expand the distribution of our solutions through Samsung Electronics' global network, improving our market position on a global scale.”

The Samsung Enterprise Alliance Programme is a comprehensive partner programme designed to provide differentiated benefits for sales, marketing and solutions’ development that enable leading domestic and global independent software vendor and systems integrator partners to create new profit models through Samsung Electronics’ mobile solution business.

As part of the Golden Partnership package, Kaspersky Lab will supply Kaspersky Mobile Security and Kaspersky Tablet Security to Samsung to protect both private and corporate Android-based Samsung mobile devices. These solutions ensure the highest level of security based on advanced protection against privacy violation, device loss or theft, annoying calls and messages, as well as malicious software.

Under another part of the programme, Kaspersky Lab will provide consumer security software to protect Samsung PCs, notebooks and netbooks running on Windows OS. For corporate products, Kaspersky Lab will supply Kaspersky Endpoint Security, different business models, and a flexible approach to achieve the best security for each corporate customer.