Security News > 2020 > February > 5G Security: Former DHS Director and Huawei CSO Offer Views

In interviews at RSA 2020, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Andy Purdy, CSO for Huawei USA, offer different points of view on 5G security.

With the U.S. late to the 5G race, Chertoff says that America needs to work more closely with its allies and telecom equipment makers in Europe and Asia to make next-generation technology that competes with equipment from China's Huawei more price competitive as well as improve security.

While European firms Nokia and Ericsson, along with South Korea-based Samsung, have a competitive suite of 5G telecom products, their equipment is more expensive than that from Huawei, says Chertoff, who's now executive director of the Chertoff Group, a risk management and security consulting company.

A major concern when it comes to Huawei is the nature of the company's relationship with the Chinese government, which poses a national security risk to the U.S., Chertoff says.

Last month, the United Kingdom ignored U.S. warnings and said it will allow "Limited" use of Huawei equipment for the nation's 5G networks, restricting the company to only non-core parts of the network.

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