Re: Kaspersky in Higher Ed

["Hudson, Edward" <ehudson () CALSTATE EDU>]

The State of California last week removed Kaspersky from their GSA listing and the state Department of General Services 
required the removal of KL and discontinued use and suspension of procurement from all state departments.
https://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/pd/delegations/broadcastbulletins/2017/pac071817_P-09-17.pdf <--Public document



Ed Hudson
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> on behalf of Miguel 
Hernandez <miguel.hernandez () DOMAIL MARICOPA EDU>
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Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 12:19 PM
To: "SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU" <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Subject: [SECURITY] Kaspersky in Higher Ed

Team,

 A little over a year ago (before the presidential election), we entered into a multi-year contract with Kaspersky to 
standardize on endpoint protection for our entire district.  With the recent reports of the Fed removing Kaspersky from 
GSA as an approved vendor, there have been one or two questions on whether we should continue using Kaspersky and 
possibly switch.

So my question is for those existing Kaspersky institutions: Have the latest reports caused you to rethink Kaspersky?  
Have similar concerns been raised?  Is everyone scrambling to switch out for a different solution?


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Miguel Hernandez IV, Ph.D. CISSP, CISA
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