Kaspersky Ban: Is Kaspersky Spyware

[Bill Bridges]

The Commerce Dept has banned the sale of Kaspersky products in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XjH0EVVMeM

[Ray Tackett]

Kaspersky claims to be clean and independent of the government, but there's no way to verify. Also, GRU could be messing with the product in a way Kaspersky honestly does not know about. IMO it's a lack of trust which may or may not have a basis in reality. In seriously secure environments, a zero trust policy is important.

Signature-based virus scanning software misses a lot of newer hacking technology. You learn more by monitoring network traffic and activity logs.

[Russell Holton]

IMO it's a lack of trust

Exactly, it's not about what it is currently, but what could happen given the company's structure and how deeply imbedded the product is.