Commerce Department information and communications technology supply-chain actions.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology prohibit the continued importation and marketing of previously authorized covered communications equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier, while preserving existing users’ ability to operate equipment they already possess.
The FCC adopts rules barring untrusted or national-security-risk entities from participating in, or being relied upon for, the telecommunications equipment authorization program, while seeking comment on further safeguards.
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau confirm that equipment integrating Kaspersky cybersecurity or anti-virus software is prohibited from obtaining FCC equipment authorization.
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Kaspersky Lab, Inc.’s cybersecurity and anti-virus software to the FCC’s Covered List based on a Department of Commerce ICTS Final Determination finding unacceptable national-security and U.S.-person security risks.
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