Hikvision Defends Equipment as Secure, in Meetings at FCC

With the FCC poised to further clamp down on gear from companies on its covered list, preventing the sale of yet-to-be authorized equipment in the U.S. (see 2210130076), China’s Hikvision defended its product line and questioned whether it should be on the list. Representatives of the company reported on meetings with aides to Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington, in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-232. “Nothing in the record establishes that Hikvision video surveillance equipment poses a threat to the operation or security of internet service providers’ or telecommunications carriers’ broadband networks,” the company said: “Nor does anything in the record establish that Hikvision poses a credible threat of espionage on U.S. private end users who choose to purchase and deploy Hikvision video surveillance equipment.”