Huawei equipment not a risk to national security says report

  • 25 March 2015
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Summary: Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre is working effectively says oversight board.
 
By Steve Ranger | March 25, 2015
 
As Huawei's customer base in the UK expanded, concerns were raised about the potential national security risks of having equipment from a Chinese supplier at the heart of critical communications networks, and so the government decided to put in place a strategy to "manage any potential security risks associated with the prevalence of Huawei equipment in UK networks".
 
These concerns led to the setting up of the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) in 2010. This centre, in Banbury, Oxfordshire analyses Huawei's equipment which is to be deployed in the UK to identify any potential vulnerabilities.
 
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