FCC bans two devices with Huawei-linked HiSilicon chips: how to trace these components in your fleet

What happened and what to do

According to the report by The Record, the FCC, the US telecommunications regulator, banned two devices: a wireless video transmitter and a panel camera. Both are made with chips produced by HiSilicon, a Huawei subsidiary, which markets its products as designed for the surveillance market.

For a company, this case calls for hardware traceability, not only software review. It is possible to identify which cameras, transmitters and controllers in use contain chips from this manufacturer, by cross-checking purchase invoices, supplier bills of materials and network scans that detect devices in operation. With that inventory, a collection and monitoring pipeline feeds a risk dashboard per asset, flags equipment to replace and defines segmentation rules that isolate cameras from internal systems. It is also worth adding component checks to future purchasing criteria, so the same exposure does not return at every renewal.

How the consultancy can help

Diagnosis of exposure to devices with HiSilicon chips across your camera and video transmitter fleet, with asset inventory and dependency mapping. Then design and deployment of a risk dashboard, segmentation rules and purchasing criteria, with monitoring operated under contract.

Next step

If your organization uses cameras or video transmitters and needs to know where these components are, send a short description of your case to Wendelmaques and receive a scoped proposal.