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Cyber

Panel Holds Kaspersky Hearing, Seeks More Accountability From Federal Agencies On Software Use

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017

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Panel Holds Kaspersky Hearing, Seeks More Accountability From Federal Agencies On Software Use

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A House subcommittee discussed placing greater pressure on federal agencies to take accountability for the software hosted on its networks and their risk assessment of the cyber supply chain, as it focused on the recent ban of Russian software company Kaspersky Lab’s products from federal networks during a Wednesday hearing.Following directives from the White House and Department of Homeland Security to remove Kaspersky’s anti-virus software from government systems, the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology’s oversight subcommittee held its…

Congress

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