Telefónica is one of the largest broadband and telecommunications providers in the world.
Headquartered in Madrid with operations in 21 countries around the world, Telefónica delivers services to more than 322 million customers. Its commercial brands are household names in the territories in which they operate – Movistar in Spain and much of central and South America, Vivo in Brazil and O2 in the UKand Germany.
Challenge
As part of Telefónica’s transformation into a digital services company of global standing, in 2013 it set up its own in-house security business called ‘ElevenPaths’, to tackle the huge challenges, threats, risks and vulnerabilities in today’s communications environment. ElevenPaths’ approach is innovative, radical and disruptive. It brings together professionals with wide-ranging experience and in-depth knowledge of security threats in a dynamic and multidisciplinary team designed to redefine the concept of security for its customers.
Its philosophy is that, to stay a step ahead of the attacks, all security solutions must be capable of constant evolution, anticipating and responding to the threats to technology and networks, systems and individuals. Telefónica understood the need to allow ElevenPaths to develop its own unique business culture, encouraging speed, agility and dynamism in its work. Its solutions are now widely used, both within Telefónica’s own brands but predominantly by its customers in the B2B segment that covers all areas from large multinationals and government down to enterprise and SMB organizations and spans all countries where Telefónica operates.
Kaspersky and Telefónica
The success of the relationship has recently resulted in Telefónica and Kaspersky Lab working even closer together on a collaborative project to develop enhanced anti-malware solutions. Both organizations’ respective teams have been sharing data, systems and technology in a joint effort to provide a new level of protection for customers. Powered by innovative technologies from both companies, ‘Tacyt’ is an innovative tool for the monitoring and analysis of mobile threats. Tacyt monitors, stores, analyzes, correlates and classifies millions of mobile apps while adding thousands of new apps every day.
“Telefónica and Kaspersky Lab are like-minded businesses with a desire to do all we can to protect our customers and to enhance their communications experience, free from malicious attacks. “Right from the beginning we both sensed a willingness to look beyond a purely commercial relationship and there was a clear aim to develop a real partnership. Our teams work very well together and hopefully this anti-malware initiative will provide a model for collaboration that we can apply on many productive projects in the future.”
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