About 15 percent of U.S. agencies found Kaspersky Lab software: official
Manfra
The logo of Russia's Kaspersky Lab is on displayat the company's office in Moscow  Russia October 27  2017.  REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Jeanette Manfra  assistant secretary for cyber security at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS )  said that 94 percent of agencies had responded to an order to survey their networks to identify any use of Kaspersky Lab products and to remove them.
 Manfra  told a U.S. House of Representatives panel the DHS did ânot currently have conclusive evidenceâ that any networks had been breached because of their use of Kaspersky software.
Ninety-six of 102 federal agencies have reported to DHS on whether they have found Kaspersky Lab software on their networks   Manfra  told the oversight subcommittee of the House Science  Space and Technology Committee.
DHS is working with the remaining six âvery smallâ agencies to assess their networks   Manfra  said.  She  did not name the agencies that detected Kaspersky Lab products or those that were still auditing their systems. The government was generally complying with the directive to remove the software   Manfra  said.
 She  told lawmakers it was possible the action against Kaspersky Lab could prompt litigation  but  she  did not elaborate. Asked if the company is considering suing the U.S. government  a spokeswoman for Kaspersky Lab said in a statement that the company âcontinues to consider all possible options.â
 Manfra  said  she  became personally aware of concerns about the firm in 2014  and that while DHS promptly took steps to remove software  other agencies may have lagged in part because they did not have access to classified information.
The companyâs products generally appeared to land on U.S. government networks through larger technology purchases that included Kaspersky Lab products as pre-bundled software  making it more difficult to track  according to  Manfra  and other officials who were testifying on Tuesday.
 Manfra  said such a step  while welcomed  would ânot be sufficientâ to address concerns the U.S. government has about Kaspersky Lab.
The logo of Russia's Kaspersky Lab is on displayat the company's office in Moscow  Russia October 27  2017.   [TGT] 
 )  said that 94 percent of agencies had responded to an order to survey their networks to identify any use of Kaspersky Lab products and to remove them.
  [TGT] told a U.S. House of Representatives panel the DHS did ânot currently have conclusive evidenceâ that any networks had been breached because of their use of Kaspersky software.
Ninety-six of 102 federal agencies have reported to DHS on whether they have found Kaspersky Lab software on their networks    [TGT] told the oversight subcommittee of the House Science  Space and Technology Committee.
DHS is working with the remaining six âvery smallâ agencies to assess their networks    [TGT] said.   [TGT]   did not name the agencies that detected Kaspersky Lab products or those that were still auditing their systems. The government was generally complying with the directive to remove the software    [TGT] said.
  [TGT]   told lawmakers it was possible the action against Kaspersky Lab could prompt litigation  but   [TGT]   did not elaborate. Asked if the company is considering suing the U.S. government  a spokeswoman for Kaspersky Lab said in a statement that the company âcontinues to consider all possible options.â
  [TGT] said   [TGT]   became personally aware of concerns about the firm in 2014  and that while DHS promptly took steps to remove software  other agencies may have lagged in part because they did not have access to classified information.
The companyâs products generally appeared to land on U.S. government networks through larger technology purchases that included Kaspersky Lab products as pre-bundled software  making it more difficult to track  according to   [TGT] and other officials who were testifying on Tuesday.
  [TGT] said such a step  while welcomed  would ânot be sufficientâ to address concerns the U.S. government has about Kaspersky Lab.