RoA Prime Minister Tigran Sarsgyan today met with Evgeny Kaspersky, Executive Director of "Kaspersky Lab", a privately held company headquartered in Moscow offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and anti-intrusion products.  It is reported that at the meeting the participants discussed a range of issues dealing with the computer-security programs that the firm will launch in Armenian colleges and universities and seminars and conferences to be organized for students on the subject. PM Sargsyan stressed that "Kaspersky Lab" will greatly assist Armenia in the preparation of local specialists in IT security within the state sector as well. A memorandum entitled "Secure Armenia" was signed between Armenia and Kaspersky Labs that will allow for more effective collaboration in the IT security sector. "Kaspersky Lab" was founded in 1997 and has regional offices in many European countries as well as Japan and the U.S. In 2005, Red Herring magazine listed Kaspersky among "Red Herring 100 Europe", a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that it considered to play a leading role in innovation and technology.