New legislation would create an educational program for agency officials handling risk management, prompted by concerns over Chinese and Russian tech companies.

The company launched BlackBerry Government Solutions last week in downtown D.C., independently dedicated to serving agencies with FedRAMP-compliant cloud offerings.

The banning of Kaspersky from federal use "does not inflict ‘punishment’" on the Russian cybersecurity firm, the judge wrote.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the bill was meant to curb increasing attempts of cyber-espionage by foreign nations.

The directive “does not address Kaspersky code embedded in the products of other companies."

The Department of Homeland Security wants all Kaspersky products off of federal networks within the next 90 days.