{"id":3096,"date":"2017-07-17T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2019-08-19T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:41:34","slug":"kaspersky-anti-virus-removed-from-two-gsa-schedules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/brief\/kaspersky-anti-virus-removed-from-two-gsa-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky anti-virus removed from two GSA Schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Kaspersky anti-virus removed from two GSA Schedules<\/h5>\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\">\n<p>Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AV) has been removed from two GSA (Government Services Administration) schedules, due to concerns that the Kremlin may use Kaspersky products to compromise US Government computers.<\/p>\n<p>A commonly used anti-virus product has been banned for purchase by any U.S. Government agencies which use GSA schedules 67 and 70.\u00a0 While the US government has not yet banned Kaspersky products already purchased, or those purchased outside the GSA schedule, the Senate version of the 2018 defense bill places a blanket ban on Kaspersky products.\u00a0 This bill has not yet been passed.\u00a0 \u00a0Many government and private organizations receiving funding from the U.S. or state governments are required to make such purchases via the GSA schedule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This ban limits the further acquisition of Kaspersky AV by those organizations required to follow GSA.\u00a0 However, many organizations may already have this product entrenched within their infrastructure.\u00a0 Still, organizations which are not required to adhere to the GSA schedule may decide to follow suit with the GSA\u2019s ban on Kaspersky AV.\u00a0 Organizations may have many questions on how to move forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tactical<\/em><br \/>\nHold tight. \u00a0There is a significant amount of posturing and saber-rattling on the geopolitical stage at the moment. \u00a0A number of independent research organizations are currently examining Kaspersky\u2019s software, and reports should be forthcoming.<br \/>\n<em>Strategic<\/em><br \/>\nInGuardians recommends that organizations not rely on solely one vendor\u2019s solutions for security products.\u00a0 Organizations should evaluate multiple providers and select only those with which they can form a trusted relationship. In the event that trusted relationship becomes compromised, the organizations should have plans for contingencies which enable the removal and selection of a new vendor without losing coverage. \u00a0Most of our clients favor endpoint protection, in addition to the layered application and network defenses, over traditional anti-virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/cybersecurity\/341665-trump-admin-removes-russian-cyber-firm-from-approved-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/cybersecurity\/341665-trump-admin-removes-russian-cyber-firm-from-approved-list<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2017\/07\/kaspersky-denies-inappropriate-ties-with-russian-govt-after-bloomberg-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2017\/07\/kaspersky-denies-inappropriate-ties-with-russian-govt-after-bloomberg-story\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaspersky anti-virus removed from two GSA Schedules Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AV) has been removed from two GSA (Government Services Administration) schedules, due to concerns that the Kremlin may use Kaspersky products to compromise US Government computers. A commonly used anti-virus product has been banned for purchase by any U.S. Government agencies which use GSA schedules 67 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[168,157,135,149,145,128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3097,"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions\/3097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zed.inguardians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}