14 DAY TRIAL // John Suffolk, Huawei’s chief information security officer, has made yet another attempt to reassure the world that the telecom giant’s products are safe.
Speaking at the CeBIT conference in Sydney, Australia, Suffolk has explained that his company is the most poked, probed, prodded, and audited company in the world, which is why it has become as open and transparent as possible, ZDNet reports.
The CISO has urged other vendors to be transparent as well in order to address security concerns.
According to Suffolk, 70% of the components in Huawei equipment come from outside of Huawei and outside of China. In fact, he says 32% of all components come from American companies.
Most organizations have large supply chains, which means there are numerous possibilities for an ill-intended actor to compromise a product. That is why the security chief urges vendors to make sure they’re able to trace back every component and every party the devices pass through.
In the case of Huawei, the company claims to be able to trace 96% of the components integrated into their products.
In addition to urging vendors to be more transparent, Suffolk also urges customers to ask vendors to focus on the security of the products they sell.