Huawei Tells FCC It Poses No Cybersecurity Threat

Huawei assured the FCC its products pose no cybersecurity risks. The FCC is looking at a proposal to bar USF subsidy support for products from companies seen as posing a national security threat (see 1804170038). Some commenters question “whether a testing and certification regime would be sufficient to guard against potential threats to national security from particular manufacturers,” the company said Thursday in docket 18-89. “Huawei has been one of the most advanced practitioners in the telecom industry when it comes to cybersecurity testing and certification.” Huawei noted the U.K. has worked with Huawei to open the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre in the U.K., “which is monitored by a public-private Oversight Board to ensure its independency and efficacy.”