{"id":211070,"date":"2026-02-06T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/cisa-directive-targets-risks-from-unsupported-edge-devices\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:50:11","slug":"cisa-directive-targets-risks-from-unsupported-edge-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/cisa-directive-targets-risks-from-unsupported-edge-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"CISA Directive Targets Risks From Unsupported Edge Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/cisa-directive-edge-device-security\">CISA Directive Targets Risks From Unsupported Edge Devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/cisa-directive-edge-device-security\">https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/cisa-directive-edge-device-security<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-06 16:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.executivegov.com\">www.executivegov.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has introduced a new directive requiring federal civilian executive branch, or FCEB, agencies to strengthen security controls for edge devices by removing unsupported hardware and software from federal networks.<\/p>\n<p>CISA\u2019s new directive highlights the continued focus on strengthening cybersecurity across government networks. As agencies and industry stakeholders track evolving requirements and threat-driven priorities, the Potomac Officers Club\u2019s 2026 Cyber Summit will bring together leaders from across the federal cyber community. Register now to save your seat at this May 21 event!<\/p>\n<p>CISA said Thursday the directive\u2014Binding Operational Directive 26-02, Mitigating Risk From End-of-Support Edge Devices\u2014is intended to reduce technical debt and limit the risk of cyber compromise associated with devices that no longer receive vendor security updates.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_the_Required_Actions_Under_the_CISA_Edge_Device_Security_Directive\"\/>What Are the Required Actions Under the CISA Edge Device Security Directive?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p>CISA outlined several mandatory steps agencies must take under the directive, including updating vendor-supported edge devices running end-of-support software to a vendor-supported version and conducting an inventory of all devices to identify those that are end-of-support. Agencies must also report inventory findings to CISA.<\/p>\n<p>The directive also requires agencies to remove all end-of-support edge devices from agency networks and replace them as needed with vendor-supported devices that can receive security updates. Agencies must develop a mature lifecycle management process for continuous discovery of edge devices and maintain an inventory of those that are or will become end-of-support.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Did_CISA_Leadership_Say_About_Edge_Device_Security\"\/>What Did CISA Leadership Say About Edge Device Security?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p>CISA Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said unsupported edge devices should not remain on enterprise networks due to the risk they pose to federal systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the threat landscape demands decisive action, CISA will direct FCEB agencies to strengthen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/cisa-directive-edge-device-security\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CISA Directive Targets Risks From Unsupported Edge Devices https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/cisa-directive-edge-device-security Publish Date: 2026-02-06 16:53:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.executivegov.com\/2026\/02\/cisa-directive-unsupported-edge-device-removal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-211070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211070"}],"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=211070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211072,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211070\/revisions\/211072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}