Concerns outlined in the Final Determination paint a mixed picture for Kaspersky-like commercial security products. “The administration’s move to ban Kaspersky Lab products in the United States underscores the stakes of security products gone bad, wherein the privileges that are supposed to be used to protect networks and systems are instead used to subvert security mechanisms, deploy malware, and steal data,” said Adam Maruyama, field chief technology officer, Garrison Technology.

Prohibited ICTS transactions in the US or with US persons, include transactions involving a cybersecurity product, antivirus software, and integration with a software designed developed, manufactured, or supplied, in whole or in part, by Kaspersky.

Kaspersky’s global entities blacklisted

With the ban, the BIS has also added three foreign entities — AO Kaspersky Lab and OOO Kaspersky Group (Russia), and Kaspersky Labs Limited (UK) — to the “Entity List” due to their collaboration with Russian military and intelligence agencies in furthering the Russian Government’s cyber intelligence goals.