DHS announces ban on use of Kaspersky software in federal agencies

Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke has issued a directive to federal departments and agencies to identify, remove, and discontinue use of information security products and services supplied by the the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, DHS announced Wednesday in a press release.

This directive comes in response to cybersecurity risks allegedly posed by Kaspersky anti-virus products, which DHS says can provide access to files on computers on which the products are installed, thus giving hackers a way into federal...