NOT JUST CHINA: While the Executive Yuan initially targeted products made in China, it decided to include all devices manufactured overseas that could pose a security risk
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 20, 2019
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Executive Yuan yesterday unveiled guidelines asking central and local government
Executive Yuan spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka speaks at a news conference at the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
agencies to tally in-use information and communications technology devices that could pose a risk to the nation’s information security and disconnect any potentially hazardous devices from government networks.
The check should be completed within three months based on assessments of the risks the devices could pose to the government’s operations and social security, Executive Yuan spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka told a news conference in Taipei.
Any device deemed to pose an information security risk whose life span has expired should be replaced and disposed of before the end of this fiscal year, while a timetable for elimination should be set for devices that have not reached the end of their lives, she said.
The Guidelines Restricting the Use of Products Threatening Information and Communication Safety went into effect on Thursday afternoon after they were signed by Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), Kolas said. [FULL STORY]
