Senator questions DHS’s handling of Kaspersky software ban in federal agencies
A senior U.S. official pushed back against a Democratic senator’s criticism Thursday concerning the 90-day timeframe provided by the Department of Homeland Security for federal agencies to uninstall Kaspersky Lab products after the technology was linked to Russian intelligence efforts. In an open congressional hearing Thursday, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill questioned why the Homeland Security Department would offer such a grace period when the threat of foreign espionage is apparently evident. She implied that the Kremlin, if found in a similar situation, would be handling the situation much more rapidly. “You’re giving them a long time,” said McCaskill. “Do you think if this happened in Russia, if they found a system of ours was looking at all their stuff, that they would give their government 90 days to remove it? Seriously? The point I am making I mean is that why don’t you just say you have to remove it […]
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