Bans Roll Across Scotland And UK Against Dahua and Hikvision

Published Nov 25, 2022 12:48 PM

Both the UK and Scottish governments have banned Hikvision plus other PRC providers from certain government usage for national security reasons, in a sea change for UK video surveillance.

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The UK government banned all PRC cameras from "sensitive sites" citing "security risks", while Scotland's government publicly decided to drop Hikvision for security reasons (Scotland is part of the UK but has a separate government).

UK security professionals told IPVM this is a significant decision with previous bans only coming to the proposal stage and typically ignored within the industry. This ban is similar to the US' NDAA ban, which led Hikvision and Dahua to lose the US enterprise market.

In this post, IPVM examines these major developments.

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Potential ******* ** ************

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Impact: **'* ****?

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Comments (5)
JH
John Honovich
Nov 25, 2022
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********* *** *** ******** ******* ** the **, *** ** *** *** liberal *********** ** *******. **** ******** significant ******* ****** ********** *** ********** projects **** ******* **** ****** *******.

** *** **, **** ** *********'* peak ** ****, **** ***** **** close ** **** ** **** *** projects ** **** *** ********, ***** others, ******** ******.

*******, ** *** **, **** *** Avigilon **** ******** ************* ******* **** Hikvision *** **** *****. ********, ****** who *** ****** ** *** ** post **** ***, *** * **** presence ** *** ** *****.

** **** ** *********** ** *** who *********** ** **** ** *** UK.******** *** ** ********* ** *********** UK**********, ****** *** ******** ** * price ***** ***** ** *****. ****** is ******* ** ***** *** ***** to ***** *** ***** **** ** substantially ***** ***** ** **********.

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Charles Rollet
Nov 25, 2022

******- ********* ************ ********** *********** *** ** ********** ***, ****** "glad ** *** *** ****" *** touting *** **** **********:

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John Davies
Nov 28, 2022
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Charles Rollet
Nov 30, 2022

****** *** *******! **** **** **** is **** ******* ****, ** ** may *** ******* *** ******* ********* fully. **'** ****** ** *** *** guidelines *** ****** ** "********* *****".

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Charles Rollet
Nov 30, 2022

******: *** *** ************* *********** *** ** ********** ********, ******* it ** "****** ******* **** ******'* ***** ** deliberately *********** *** ******* ** ******** security ** **** **** ******* ***********", per ******* ******** ************ *** ****:

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***** ** ****** ******* **** ******'* moves ** ************ *********** *** ******* of ******** ******** ** **** **** Chinese ***********, *** ******* ******* ******** said ** ******, ** ******** ** the ** **********'* *********** ** ******* cameras ** ********** ********* ****** ******** concerns.

"** *** ******* * ***** *** on *** ****** **** *******. *** Chinese ********** **** ****** ****** ******* businesses' ********** *** ****** ****** *** interests," **** ******* ******** ************ *** Ning.

**** **** *** *** ********** *** banned ******* ***** ************ ** *** own ******** *** *****, ******** ** early ** **** ********* ***** ***** ***** ****** "*** ******** *** *******'* ********":

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*** ****, ********: ******* ***** ************ ** ******** Risk****** *** *** ******* *** ******* Tech ******** ******** ******** *****.