Peter andy purdy is chief Security Officer for huawei. He is based in washington, d. C. , and he is our guest on the communicators. What do you do for huawei . Andy my primary role is internal, although i have been doing external things for the past few months, but my responsibilities include chairing a committee of key parts of the company in the United States that tries to control riske, and and help support our overall ethics and Compliance Program so that we make sure we protect huawei, protect our companies, and continue to do business and managers Cyber Security risk. Peter what is huaweis legal and commercial status in the u. S. Right now . Andy it is a moving target. We have a pending rule to an rule pursuant to an executive order. Right now, we cant sell to the u. S. Government, cant sell to u. S. Contractors, and there is pressure for our smallcarrier customers, wireless and wireline customers, to rip out huawei gear. So, there is legislation pending that would provide funds,
, protect our companies and continue to do business and managers Cyber Security risk. Legal what is huaweis and business status in the u. S. Right now . Andy it is a moving target. We have a pending rule to an executive order. Right now we cant sell to the u. S. Government, cant sell to u. S. Contractors, and there is pressure for our smallcarrier customers, wireless and wireline customers, to rip out huawei gear. So there is legislation pending not would provide funds, adequate or providing sufficient time, that would give them money to rip out huawei equipment. So it is a difficult situation and although not official, the u. S. Government has blocked american carriers at t and verizon from selling their mobile devices. Peter why do you think that is . Andy it is a complicated matter. We have the geopolitical context of the u. S. And china, and the trade talks having exasperated things. At we also have a situation i think affects many of us in our everyday lives, were people dont want
Government. Host andy purdy is the chief Security Officer from huawei and based here in washington dc and he is our guest this week on the communicators. Mr. Purdy, what do you do for huawei as chief Security Officer . Guest my primary role is internal so ive been doing more external things in the last six, 12 months but my response ability have to do with chairing a committee of the key parts of the company in the United States to try to assess and manage and control risk and help support our overall ethics and Compliance Program so we can make sure we protect huawei protect our customers and we can continue to do business and manage the Cybersecurity Private seat risk. Host what is their legal and commercial status in the u. S. Right now . Guest its a moving target. We have National Defense authorization act and we have pending rulemaking pursuant to executive order and right now we can sell to the u. S. Government and cant sell to the u. S. Contractors and there is pressure for our
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Congressman mike doyle is chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. One of the key policy makers when it comes to Telecommunications Policy. Congressman doyle, in this past subcommittees your accomplished when it comes to Telecommunications Policy . We have been very busy on the communications and technology subcommittee. Tomorrow, we will be on the floor with stella. Hasthing that the senate had a hard time marking up a bill. We were able to market up in my subcommittee in full committee. We will have that on the floor tomorrow in the suspension calendar. We look to pass it tomorrow and get it to the senate. We have already donor robo calls. The issue americans have wanted us to do something about. We passed the amended house bill. Thats over in the senate. We are waiting for the senate to take action on that. Year, weier in the passed our Net Neutrality bill that sits over in the senate. We are currently
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Congressman mike doyle is chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. One of the key policy makers when it comes to Telecommunications Policy. Congressman doyle, in this past year, what has your subcommittee accomplished when it comes to Telecommunications Policy . We have been very busy on the communications and technology subcommittee. Tomorrow, we will be on the floor with stella. Something that the senate has had a hard time marking up a bill. We were able to mark up in my subcommittee in full committee. We will have that on the floor tomorrow in the suspension calendar. We look to pass it tomorrow and get it to the senate. We have already done robo calls. That stopped the issue americans have wanted us to do something about. We passed the amended house bill. Thats over in the senate. We are waiting for the senate to take action on that. Much earlier in the year, we passed our Net Neutrality bill that si