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Kaspersky Products On Systems Of 15 Percent Of Federal Civilian Agencies, DHS Official Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

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Kaspersky Products On Systems Of 15 Percent Of Federal Civilian Agencies, DHS Official Says

Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: Department of Homeland Security

Preliminary findings of a mandatory review of federal computer networks for the presence of a Russian-made anti-virus software that may actually pose an information security risk show that the products are on computer systems of about 15 percent of civilian agencies, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official disclosed on Tuesday.So far, 94 percent of agencies required to report on the presence of Kaspersky Lab’s products on their information systems have complied with a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) issued by…

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