Mercato in the cyber industry. Kaspersky Lab France, the Russian subsidiary of the famous antivirus publisher, has just seen the departure of one of its figures, Tanguy de Coatpont. The former general manager of the company, recruited in 2007 and promoted fourteen years later to general manager for southern Europe, has indeed packed his bags for HarfangLab.
European Champion
Appointed “Chief revenue officer”, ie the director dedicated to the development of the company, Tanguy de Coatpont will thus be responsible for growing the company. As he mentions on his Linkedin account, the start-up aims to become a “European and international cybersecurity champion”.
Certified by Anssi for its cybersecurity incident detection and response platform (EDR), HarfangLab was launched in 2018. This type of software is supposed to take over from traditional antivirus, for example by being better able to spot a ransomware attack. The company raised 5 million euros in 2021 to finance its growth.
War in Ukraine
For the moment, the position of Tanguy de Coatpont remains vacant. Contacted by ZDNET.fr, Kaspersky Lab France recalls that Bertrand Trastour, the current Managing Director France since 2021, keeps under his leadership the scope of France, North Africa, Central Africa and West Africa. “Any other changes in the European management team will be announced later,” adds the company, on the defensive since the launch of the war in Ukraine by Russia.
This conflict has indeed reshuffled the cards on this niche of computer security. Kaspersky has to deal with a new wave of mistrust, after the American accusations of 2017, which was notably embodied in the warnings of Anssi, which recommended a strategy of diversification, and of the German BSI. The company has also been impacted by the fifth set of European sanctions, which excludes Russian-owned companies from certain public markets.