Covered List Kaspersky ICTS hardware
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.
What it does The Public Notice updates the Covered List under section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act and FCC rules §§ 1.50002–1.50003. The added entry covers cybersecurity and anti-virus software produced or provided by Kaspersky Lab, Inc., including its successors and assignees; the notice explains that the broader action encompasses software integrated into third-party products or services and related commercial hardware or software containing Kaspersky software. The complete updated list appears in the Appendix and on the FCC website.
Who it affects The action concerns Kaspersky, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, successors, and assignees, as well as U.S. persons and entities using, supplying, integrating, or purchasing affected cybersecurity and anti-virus products or services. It supplements the March 2022 Covered List entry for information-security products, solutions, and services supplied by AO Kaspersky Lab and related entities.
Why it matters The FCC update implements a Commerce determination under the ICTS regime rather than making an independent risk finding. It expands the Kaspersky-related Covered List category beyond the earlier DHS-based entry, aligning the FCC supply-chain list with Commerce’s June 20, 2024 prohibition on specified ICTS transactions involving Kaspersky products and services.
Key dates and numbers
- July 23, 2024: Public Notice released; Kaspersky software added to the Covered List.
- June 20, 2024: Commerce issued the relevant ICTS Final Determination; it was published at 89 Fed. Reg. 52434 on June 24, 2024.
- DA 24-712; WC Docket No. 18-89; ET Docket No. 21-232; EA Docket No. 21-233.
- March 25, 2022: Earlier AO Kaspersky Lab information-security entry was added.