CISA is ordering US federal agencies to remove outdated routers and firewalls

US Federal Agencies Must Remove Vulnerable Edge Devices, CISA Warns

All federal government agencies must take steps to minimize risks posed by cyber threat actors to “edge” devices in their networks that are not currently supported by vendors, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a Feb. 5 directive. This includes decommissioning such components. The Binding Operational Directive (BOD) issued by CISA is “a compulsory direction to federal, executive branch, departments and agencies,”…

CISA is ordering US federal agencies to remove outdated routers and firewalls

CISA has ordered all civilian federal agencies to identify and remove "end-of-support" hardware and software that vendors no longer patch or maintain. The new directive, known as Binding Operational Directive 26-02, is part of an aggressive overhaul aimed at closing one of the most persistent security gaps in federal IT:...Read Entire Article