Yes, Ali indeed.

From technical perspective, it's about traceability of components, inspection and verification of hardware and software amongst other things. As much from poor work or accidental issues than intentional ones. One of our biggest challenges is not our own products, but all the thousands of components in our products from hundreds of suppliers. It's hugely complex, especially in network and IT equipment as most is customized, each product is different.

ultimately, as we always maintain, it's in any company's best interest to produce the best quality products without any problems if companies like us want future customers! the market rewarding or punishing companies' good or poor cyber security practices role is important. Adam -------------------------------------------------- M: +254-790985886<tel:+254-790985886> Senior Director, Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa region From:Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> To:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc:Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> Date:2019-03-11 07:10:41 Subject:Re: [kictanet] John Suffolk's Statement at the Huawei Press Conference on March 7, 2019 - Huawei Adam Thanks for this. Informative. Part of it is public knowledge already especially the part about components of computer systems being manufactured by several vendors. The Global IT Supply Chain is so convoluted and so many players involved that if what the US is alluding to is correct that we will see the collapse of this ecosystem, of which China is a major player. Kind of shooting oneself in the foot so to speak. Take Apple for example: According to the statement 766 global suppliers, among which 346 were on the Chinese mainland. In summary, around half of iPhones are manufactured in China. This will be case study worthy of any Business School going forward. Regards Ali Hussein Principal AHK & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 6:06 PM Adam Lane via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Hi all I thought I'd share this, as it's a nice summary of the cybersecurity challenges we all face globally and addresses some of the concerns raised by some stakeholders overseas. https://www.huawei.com/en/press-events/special-release/john-suffolks-stateme... there's a lot more detail on the website, but this may be the most insightful. regards Adam _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.