Federal ban on Kaspersky software stretches into healthcare

Modern Healthcare: The Department of Homeland Security has ordered that all federal agencies remove Kaspersky Lab software from their computer systems in the next 90 days, a decision that could ripple down into the healthcare industry, cybersecurity experts say.

Kaspersky, a Russian security software company that has more than 1,700 healthcare customers in North America, is being investigated by the FBI for ties to Russian security services, which can require Kaspersky to help with Russian intelligence services. There is a risk that these actions could "compromise federal information" and threaten U.S. national security, according to DHS.

Kaspersky has more than 5,000 healthcare customers around the world, a small but important sliver of its over 400 million users.

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