The government of United States has put a ban on federal agencies for using a Russian brand of security software amid fears the company has tied to state-sponsored cyber-espionage activities.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke has ordered to at least six federal civilian agencies to identify Kaspersky Lab software in their system and networks and ordered to come up with a solution and plan to uninstall it and find a replacement within 3 months unless as directed they must have to remove the software, the progress comes along with parallel inquiries by Congress and the FBI under Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.
According to United States officials, Miss Duke considers the relation of the company with the Russian government masquerades a threat to the security of U.S government and they are not authorized to talk on this matter publicly, the Kremlin could access to federal information through a wormhole or a backdoor.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement supporting its directive that;
“It was afraid about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies, and requirements under Russian law that allows Russian intelligence agencies to request or compel assistance from Kaspersky and to intercept communications transiting Russian networks.”
