Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software — VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors

Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software — VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors

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Misgar Perhaps not surprising given US restrictions on Huawei (China) and Kaspersky (Russia). Reply

Findecanor In today's climate, every country needs to think about its digital sovereignty. China has been doing it a little earlier than others, in most areas. This news is a bit surprising, to be honest. Reply

FunSurfer "The latest broadside from Beijing is aimed at blocking U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity vendors, reportedly over fears that their wares might leak Chinese information to governments or third parties." Hmmm.. I wonder where they learned that from… Reply

bit_user Findecanor said: In today's climate, every country needs to think about its digital sovereignty. Yes, but that doesn't mean being totally isolationist. It just means that you need to ensure suppliers of your infrastructure can't be co-opted by their government to do things counter to their commercial interests. That was the reason the US banned Huewei from its infrastructure. Reply

DalaiLamar Oops! How could the CCP beat the US to the punch in banning American cybersecurity software? Reply

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