Choosing Huawei could be risky - but not why you think
Conclusion:Accusations against Huawei of spying for the Chinese Government are destabilising confidence in this vendor in the local market. Consequently, the key challenge for Huawei in the enterprise IT space will be a growing reticence by people to be trained in a technology that is being positioned by the intelligence community as a political pariah. This will create a shortage of people trained in Huawei enterprise network equipment and will lead to a sellers’ market for these skills. This will add considerably to the ongoing costs of opting for a cheaper vendor.

About The Advisor
James Turner
James Turner is an IBRS emeritus Advisor who specialised in cyber security and risk and facilitates the CIO Cyber and Risk Network on behalf of IBRS. James has over a decade of experience as an industry analyst and advisor; researching the cyber security industry in Australia. As an IBRS Advisor, James authored over 100 IBRS Advisory papers, led dozens of executive roundtables, and presented at numerous conferences.