Source: Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs Date Published: December 9, 2019
Excerpt:
Officials from the Beijing government ordered all government offices and public institutions to replace foreign hardware and software with Chinese solutions within the next three years.
The Government has issued a directive, tracked as “3-5-2,” to public institutions earlier this spring that includes the details for the replacement.
The directive will have a significant impact on major U.S. firms including Dell, HP, and Microsoft.
“Beijing has ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years, in a potential blow to the likes of HP, Dell and Microsoft.” reported the Financial Times. “The directive is the first publicly known instruction with specific targets given to Chinese buyers to switch to domestic technology vendors, and echoes efforts by the Trump administration to curb the use of Chinese technology in the US and its allies.”
The name of the directive comes from the replacement process, the replacement will start in 2020 with the goal to replace 30% of their foreign hardware and software. The Chinese government will replace 50% of the foreign technology for 2021 and the remaining 20% within 2022.
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