On June 20th, 2024, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the prohibition of Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subs

The Impact of the Kaspersky Ban

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2024-07-09 17:30:05

On June 20th, 2024, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the prohibition of Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Russia-based anti-virus software and cybersecurity company, from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the U.S. or to U.S. persons. The prohibition also applies to Kaspersky Lab, Inc.’s affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent companies.

This groundbreaking decision means that Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the U.S. or provide any updates to software already in use. Enterprises using Kaspersky in the U.S. are being encouraged to find alternative solutions. Kaspersky can continue certain operational activities in the U.S. until September 29, 2024.

How will this decision impact global users of Kaspersky? Leveraging its proprietary data sets, Bitsight TRACE analyzed the prevalence of Kaspersky products used by organizations around the globe – including in the United States. Our findings include: