{"id":210444,"date":"2026-02-05T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/cisa-tells-agencies-to-stop-using-unsupported-edge-devices\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:20:14","slug":"cisa-tells-agencies-to-stop-using-unsupported-edge-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/cisa-tells-agencies-to-stop-using-unsupported-edge-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-bod-directive-unsupported-edge-devices-firewalls-routers\/\">CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-bod-directive-unsupported-edge-devices-firewalls-routers\/\">https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-bod-directive-unsupported-edge-devices-firewalls-routers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 14:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cyberscoop.com\">cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency order published Thursday directs federal agencies to stop using \u201cedge devices\u201d like firewalls and routers that their manufacturers no longer support.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a stab at tackling one of the most persistent and difficult-to-manage avenues of attack for hackers, a vector that has factored into some of the most consequential and most common types of exploits in recent years. New edge-device vulnerabilities surface frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Under the binding operational directive CISA released Thursday, federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies must inventory edge devices in their systems that vendors no longer support within three months, and replace those on a dedicated list with supported devices within one year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnsupported devices pose a serious risk to federal systems and should never remain on enterprise networks,\u201d said\u202fCISA Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala. \u201cWhen the threat landscape demands decisive action, CISA will direct FCEB agencies to strengthen cyber resilience and build a stronger, safer digital infrastructure for America\u2019s future. CISA strongly encourages non-federal organizations to adopt similar actions to strengthen the security of their edge devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To aid agencies in following the directive, CISA is producing a list of end-of-service edge devices. CISA developed the directive in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget, and puts a bit more muscle behind a decade-old OMB circular on agencies phasing out unsupported technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being called \u201cbinding operational directives,\u201d CISA has no authority to mandate that agencies carry out the orders \u2014 although agencies have demonstrated they usually seek to follow them, and there are ways that CISA can work to ensure compliance. The private sector pays attention to CISA\u2019s directives even though they don\u2019t apply to companies.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Andersen, executive assistant director for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-bod-directive-unsupported-edge-devices-firewalls-routers\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-bod-directive-unsupported-edge-devices-firewalls-routers\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-05 14:02:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1195739372.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-210444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210446,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210444\/revisions\/210446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}