Lawmakers in the European Parliament have backed a resolution that would put more money into cybersecurity units and ban products found to be “malicious,” including Russian firm Kaspersky Lab, EURACTIV reports. While the Parliament report is not legally binding, it would ask EU member states “to perform a comprehensive review of software, IT and communications equipment and infrastructure used in the institutions in order to exclude potentially dangerous programmes and devices.” The report also called for the European Commission, European Council and other EU offices to help fight fragmentation by streamlining a cybersecurity and intelligence-sharing network.
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