India, March 13 -- K7 Computing's founder and chairman, J Kesavardhanan, has been elected as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Association of Anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR). Founded in 1998, AVAR is an independent non-profit organization established with the mission of countering the spread of malware and mitigating its impact. It is the pre-eminent anti-malware research conference in the APAC region, facilitating interactions among anti-virus and malware researchers from across 17 countries, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, and the USA.

K7 Computing has been an active member of AVAR and a strong advocate of collaboration and cooperation among cybersecurity r...