DHS Issues BOD Banning Kaspersky from Federal Government
This is very bad for Kaspersky. Put aside how much revenue the entire GSA market represents for a security company (it&#x27;ll be a double-digit percentage for a typical company). The bigger problem is that in the wake of this, every systemically important financial firm will also eject Kaspersky. In addition to being another significant chunk of revenue, major financial firms set the buying direction for IT security for the whole industry.<p>If you&#x27;re wondering what the backstory is here, well, join the club. Dave Aitel sums it up: US Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio claim the US IC has presented them some kind of smoking gun evidence that some kind of line was crossed. They&#x27;re not planning to share more information. Anybody who tells you they know more about what&#x27;s going on is probably just spreading gossip.