With help from Eric Geller and Martin Matishak
SCOOP: GETTING AHEAD OF THE NEXT KASPERSKY — Two key members of the Senate Homeland Security panel today are introducing legislation designed to head off the next supply chain risk to federal IT networks. The bill follows last year’s DHS directive and legislative language banning Kaspersky Lab software from agency systems over fears about the company’s ties to the Kremlin. The measure — sponsored by top panel Democrat Claire McCaskill and Sen. James Lankford, a Republican committee member who has focused heavily on digital security — would create a council made up of numerous government representatives. That Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Council would then develop criteria for assessing any risks that products pose to IT security and craft a government-wide strategic plan.
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“The congressional approach at the moment is zeroing in on particular companies that pose risks to our national security and trying to figure out how to alleviate those risks,” said a Democratic panel aide. Lately, of course,…
