However, government agencies have likely already removed all Kaspersky Lab products from their systems as a result of BOD 17-01 and they know that, regardless, all such products must be removed by the fast-approaching NDAA effective date. It is true that the NDAA’s prohibition does not become effective until Oct.

The NDAA would remain on the books, preventing any federal government agency from purchasing Kaspersky Lab products. “Even if the court were to rule in plaintiffs’ favor in the BOD Lawsuit and order the rescission of BOD 17-01, these harms would continue.

It eliminates a perceived risk to the nation’s cybersecurity and, in so doing, has the secondary effect of foreclosing one small source of revenue for a large multinational corporation,” the judge wrote in the motion. “The NDAA does not inflict ‘punishment’ on Kaspersky Lab. The judge ruled Kaspersky did not plausibly allege that the NDAA constitutes a bill of attainder, and the Russian-based company did not have standing to sue DHS over the BOD. The judge ruled Kaspersky did not plausibly allege that the NDAA constitutes a bill of attainder, and the. The District of Columbia District Court Wednesday dismissed the company’s lawsuits against the Homeland Security Department and the government more broadly, trying to overturn both the 2017 Binding Operational Directive and the provision in the 2018 Defense Authorization bill. It’s official, Kaspersky Lab products and services are banned from federal agencies, at least for the foreseeable future.

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