Eugene Kaspersky honored with Strategic Brand Leadership Award by World Brand Congress

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The Strategic Brand Leadership Award is the most prestigious award an individual can receive at the World Brand Congress.

November 23, 2010

Eugene Kaspersky honored with Strategic Brand Leadership Award
by World Brand Congress

The Strategic Brand Leadership Award is the most prestigious award an individual can receive at the World Brand Congress.

Mumbai, India:
November 23, 2010: Eugene Kaspersky, Co-Founder & CEO, Kaspersky Lab has been honored with the STRATEGIC BRAND LEADERSHIP AWARD at the 19th World Brand Congress held at Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai on November 23, 2010. The Strategic Brand Leadership Award is the most prestigious award an individual can receive at the World Brand Congress.
Roger Wilson, Vice President - Marketing, Kaspersky Lab, Moscow was present at the World Brand Congress to receive the award on behalf of Eugene Kaspersky. “It is a great honor that recognizes our successful efforts in building a Russian brand into one of the great Global Brands,” said Wilson.
“This award is a significant achievement for South Asia, particularly India. From a global perspective, India is relatively new but very important market for us, and we see tremendous potential of our brand,” said Harry Cheung, Kaspersky Lab Asia-Pacific Managing Director.
Jagannath Patnaik, Director - Kaspersky Lab India added that Eugene Kaspersky being awarded in India is a big honor for Kaspersky Lab India team and this will add to the image of the already strong Kaspersky brand in India. “It is a very big achievement for us in India and it will help us further consolidate Kaspersky Lab market position in the country,” he said.

The World Brand Congress is represented by 60 countries from across the world. The Congress is governed by an Advisory Council that guides the strategic intent of the event & leads it to its success. There were around 600 participants from different countries (200 International + 300 Participants from India) and about 100 invited Guests, Speakers, Dignitaries and Award Winners. The World Brand Congress is strategically partnered by CMO Council USA (www.cmocouncil.org) and CMO Asia (www.cmoasia.org). The Global Awards for Brand Excellence aims to recognize the best brains behind the most sought out global brands.

About Kaspersky Lab
About Kaspersky Lab:
Kaspersky Lab is an international group that employs over 2,000 highly-qualified specialists, has central offices in Moscow, as well as regional headquarters overseeing the activities of local representatives and partners in five global regions: Western Europe; Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa; North and South America; the Asia-Pacific region; and Japan. The company currently works in more than 100 countries across the globe and has its own territory offices in 27 countries. The company’s products and technologies provide protection for over 300 million users worldwide.
Kaspersky Lab is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and one of the industry’s fastest outbreak response time for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky Lab technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry’s leading IT security solution providers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com
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