Although some security experts say that this will not help, Kaspersky has opened its source code after being accused of spying for the Russian government. This is in effort to repair their reputation as a anti-virus and anti-malware software. Kaspersky is doing this in effort to show that they are not spying for the Russian government, and are also offering money to people who can vulnerabilities in their code. They are also calling for a review of their business practices. This shows the importance of a company’s reputation, and how damage to the reputation can impact the bottom line. Some security experts say that opening the source code doesn’t do anything as the Russian government can access another area.
https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/kaspersky-antivirus-source-code.html
Writing for the Information Professions, Fall 2017 