[kictanet] Security Boost from China - Is it a hit or a miss?

[Ali Hussein]

Listers 

Huawei was the subject of a US Congress Intelligence Committee probe and until today are restricted from doing business in the US due what the US says 'They are susceptible to interference by a foreign state player.

Huawei has tried and gone to great lengths to deny that the Chinese Government either owns them or exerts undue influence on them. Read the FT article below and be a judge for yourself.

https://www.ft.com/content/469bde20-9eaf-11e3-8663-00144feab7de

This reminds me of Star Times, the Chinese Broadcasting entity that now has a presence in 30 odd countries in Africa and in Zambia even took over the National Broadcaster.  

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Ali Hussein
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> On 14 May 2017, at 11:32 PM, Brian Nyali via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> @Barrack,
> 
> Assuming they deploy the infrastructure and are actively providing support:
> 1.I honestly doubt they would give complete access to their equipment.
> 2.Will there be access to where the data is being stored temporarily/ permanently
> 3.What happens in the event the agreement/contract is terminated what happens to the data collected or stored?
> 4.If we do not have complete control/ access can we be sure who does?
> In my view it is a miss unless we have complete control of the infrastructure deployed and the data collected, i could be wrong but there are too many loopholes by being in the passenger's seat .
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards, 
> Brian M. Nyali. 
> brian at kenic.or.ke
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> To: "Brian Nyali" <brian at kenic.or.ke>
> Cc: "otieno barrack" <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, 14 May, 2017 21:24:36
> Subject: [kictanet] Security Boost from China - Is it a hit or a miss?
> 
> Listers,
> 
> I have been pondering over this generous offer from the Chinese Tech
> Group Huawei to enhance our Security  Infrastructure in Nakuru, Kisumu
> and Eldoret, however with recent cases of Cyber Security how safe are
> we as a country with such offers?.
> I have heard of cases of car tracking devices being used to facilitate
> car jackings against unsuspecting owners, aren't we giving away too
> much data about ourselves assuming Huawei will be providing support
> for this Infrastructure?, have we thought of possible backdoors that
> could give away the tonnes of data collected from the Infrastructure?
> Before we implement the new system , it would also be good to know
> whether the one deployed in Nairobi worked as well.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> -- 
> Barrack O. Otieno
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