Huawei has been temporarily kicked out of the international cyber security organization after being directly hit by the U.S.-China trade war.
According to the Wall Street Journal on Monday, the FIRST recently decided to remove Huawei from its membership. The FIRST is the world’s largest council on dealing with security accidents.
“We have reached the conclusion that we have no choice but to suspend Huawei’s membership after various reviews and consultations,” a FIRST spokesman said.
Reportedly, the move is in line with the U.S. government’s plan to restrict Huawei’s transactions.
In an e-mail to its member companies, FIRST said that it has made the decision after the U.S. government announced its plan to ban technology exports to Huawei.
The impact of U.S. ban hits hard on Huawei
The organization also added that the measure is still temporary. And it is in talks with the U.S. government to reinstate Huawei’s membership in FIRST.
Under the measure, Huawei will have difficulty identifying and correcting software security issues quickly, as the Wall Street Journal predicted.
FIRST is an international organization launched in 1990 by a gathering of civilian security accident response teams. And the organization is an affiliation of several companies. Including U.S. computer networking equipment maker Cisco Systems and German electric and electronic company Siemens.
In addition, The Cyber Security Department of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is in the organization. As well as the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) under the U.K.’s GCHQ. Which is an intelligence agency specializing in provincial and wiretapping.
Yet Huawei did not express its position on the measure. However, it criticized the U.S. sanctions, saying they hamper its activities “by all means.”
Meanwhile, the Chinese company is currently conducting Huawei Connect 2019 in Shanghai China. Also, it is soon to be launching Huawei Mate 30, its first smartphone without the support of Google.
