From: Nextgov
By Joseph Marks
Homeland Security has issued numerous binding cybersecurity directives recently, including banning Kaspersky anti-virus and mandating email security.
The Defense Department will, as a general rule, have to comply with new Homeland Security Department rules aimed at improving civilian government cybersecurity under the Senate’s version of a must-pass defense policy bill.
Homeland Security has issued a slew of the rules, known as binding operational directives, since the Trump administration took office, including banning the Moscow-based Kaspersky anti-virus from government systems and mandating anti-spoofing email security tools.
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