CISA Gives Federal Agencies One Year To Rip Out End-Of-Life Devices
The Record, Thursday, February 5th, 2026
Federal civilian agencies have been ordered to remove end-of-life devices within 12 months due to widespread exploitation campaigns by sophisticated hackers.
The U.S. cyber defense agency issued an operational directive on Thursday mandating federal agencies to 'remove any hardware and software devices that is no longer supported by its original equipment manufacturer.'
'Unsupported devices pose a serious risk to federal systems and should never remain on enterprise networks,' said Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala.