DHS Secretary orders Acronis products excluded from federal civilian procurement and removed from civilian IT systems under the supply-chain security act

A Federal Register notice published that day says the Secretary of Homeland Security has issued an order excluding Acronis AG and affiliated entities, and the information technology products they supply, from federal civilian agency procurements, and removing those products from civilian agency IT systems. The notice cites the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act and a Federal Acquisition Security Council recommendation. The notice does not state the evidence or reason; the signed order is in the docket appendix and was not read as text.