Kaspersky Products Banned in Govt Systems

This may not be news after Senator Marco Rubio's public display during an Intelligence Community hearing this year, but Kaspersky products are being banned from government systems.  I always asked why a Russian company was allowed to sell anti-virus in the U.S.  But, we should not be thinking only about Kapersky, since the Chinese are bigger in the anti-virus business than any of the Russian companies, having over 300 products for sale on the world market.  They are also big in joint ventures with US anti-virus makers.  One source I cited in my last book told me they were more than anxious to help her company write the software for their anti-virus.  The security staff objected, but got overruled, in what was a classic case of profit over national security.  

It is not hard to figure out why the Chinese and Russians are in this business.  It gives them access to a lot of computers through direct installs of software, updates in products, and threat databases.  All that, and the the client does it willingly.