NCSC advice on the use of equipment from high risk vendors in UK telecoms networks (DOCX)

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NCSC's guidance for the risk management of high risk vendors in telecommunications networks in the UK.

Adapted edition

Document type: Reference Guide
Format: DOCX
Pages: 7
Language: English
Version: 1.0
Updated: 2026-09-16
Category: Information security
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Description

NCSC's guidance for the risk management of high risk vendors in telecommunications networks in the UK for organisational planning, review and training. NCSC guidance is advisory and should be applied to the organisation's own risks and obligations.

Contents

Note
Introduction
Background
High risk vendors
Use of HRVs in UK telecoms networks
Huawei
Other High Risk Vendors
Conclusion
Questions?
Footnotes
Source links

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NCSC advice on the use of equipment from high risk vendors in UK telecoms networks

National Cyber Security Centre

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionNational Cyber Security Centre, “NCSC advice on the use of equipment from high risk vendors in UK telecoms networks” (28 January 2020), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesAdapted 16 September 2026: converted the official HTML article into neutral text-only DOCX and PDF editions. Preserved article headings, paragraphs, lists and plain-text source-link destinations; normalized web whitespace and typographic punctuation; omitted site navigation, topic and download cards, images, logos, scripts, styles and page furniture.

Version history

v1.016/09/2026

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