Security News > 2021 > April > Russian Security Vendor Positive Technologies Dropped From MAPP Member List
Following sanctions announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury last week, Russian cyber-security firm Positive Technologies says the accusations are groundless.
Positive Technologies, one of the sanctioned organizations, says it has thousands of customers in 30 countries, including large banks and telecommunications companies, but also lists on its website the Russian government as being one of its customers.
The company has, for a long time, been a member of Microsoft's MAPP vulnerability information sharing program, but following the sanctions announcement, Microsoft removed Positive Technologies from the MAPP member list.
One of the fastest growing companies in the cyber-security field, Positive Technologies has had the Russian government as a client for nearly as long as its 20 years of operation.
Since 2011, Positive Technologies has been holding Positive Hack Days, a hacking event that attracts thousands each year.
The U.S. believes that Positive Technologies' Positive Hack Days event is being used by the Russian secret services for recruiting hackers.