Fifteen percent of federal agencies report traces of Kaspersky Lab software on their networks

About 15 percent of US federal agencies have reported some trace of Moscow-based **Kaspersky Lab** software on their systems, a **Department of Homeland Security** (DHS) official told Congress on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_3914401” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Image: Reuters.[/caption] Jeanette Manfra, assistant secretary for cybersecurity at DHS, told a US House of Representatives panel that 94 percent of agencies had responded to a directive ordering them to survey their networks to identify any use of Kaspersky Lab products. The Trump administration in September ordered civilian US agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security. Kaspersky Lab has repeatedly denied the allegations.