Kaspersky Banned on Australian Government Systems

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs issued Direction 002-2025, which “requires Australian Government entities to prevent the installation of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services from all Australian Government systems and devices, and where found, to remove all existing instances.”?

The direction has been issued under the Protective Security Policy Framework in an effort to “manage a protective security risk to the Commonwealth”, which indicates that — similar to other countries — Australia is concerned about the Russian Government’s potential control and influence over Kaspersky.?

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