On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security announced its first Final Determination pursuant to the Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (ICTS) regulations, prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc. from providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the United States or to U.S. persons
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Executive Order Rescinds TikTok and WeChat Prohibitions But Continues to Focus on Vulnerabilities in the ICTS Supply Chain
On June 9, the President issued an Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries (EO 14034), rescinding three executive orders issued in the previous administration that prohibited transactions with the mobile applications TikTok and WeChat and eight other Chinese-developed and -controlled applications. At the same time, the EO makes clear that the…