The FCC ban applies to equipment sold by Hikvision, Dahua and other banned entities for “the purpose of public safety, security of government facilities, physical surveillance of critical infrastructure, and other national security purposes.”
Dahua says SIA’s termination is “wrong on substance and the decision was reached through a deeply flawed process, and most importantly, lacked evidentiary basis.”
The FCC has published a list of five Chinese companies that “pose an unacceptable risk to national security” in accordance with the Secure Networks Act.
Once primarily focused on military and critical infrastructure installations, the thermal camera market is far more expansive these days.