SAN FRANCISCO -- Pentagon acquisition Chief Information Security Officer Katie Arrington this week vigorously defended the ban on government purchases of Huawei and other Chinese-made telecom products while arguing that pieces of a more comprehensive supply-chain security policy are being put into place. "We need to do more on baking in security protocols," Arrington said Wednesday on a panel here at the RSA conference, and the Defense Department and federal government are moving in that direction. Huawei USA's chief security...
