Emergency Directive 26-01 orders federal agencies to mitigate F5 device exposure

Summary

Bottom line: the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency^Bio directed civilian agencies to inventory F5 BIG-IP products, remove public management interfaces and patch, citing a nation-state actor with immediate access risk. Emergency directives remain the fastest lever the executive branch has over federal networks.

Key claims· extracted from reporting

• Bottom line: the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency directed civilian agencies to inventory F5 BIG-IP products, remove public management interfaces and patch, citing a nation-state actor with immediate access risk.Low · 10%
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  - Source: CISA Emergency Directive ED 26-01
• Emergency directives remain the fastest lever the executive branch has over federal networks.Low · 10%
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  - Source: CISA Emergency Directive ED 26-01

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