The U.S. is having a "Huawei moment," as security concerns prompt the Trump administration to try to block allies from using 5G equipment produced by the Chinese company. But policymakers and experts also fear the U.S. is ill-prepared to challenge Chinese dominance in the next waves of technology — opening the U.S. to another round of national security worries. Why it matters: Today, neither the United States nor its closest allies manufacture 5G telecom equipment to compete with Huawei for global business. The same dynamic will play out with 6G and other markets unless the U.S. takes long-term measures today to challenge China's manufacturing power and prepare for the next Huawei moment. Background: Huawei is accused of: There's also some fear in the U.S. that China's domination of any tech market hurts U.S. interests. Driving the news: On Monday, the U.S. repeated its threat to limit intelligence sharing with the U.K., its closest ally, if Britain moves ahead with plans for limited use of Huawei equipment in its 5G buildout. Between the lines: Jaffer believes that enforcing fair practices starts with penalizing China in trade negotiations for its theft of intellectual property. The big picture: 6G isn't the only emerging technology with national security implications. Others include AI and quantum computing, and China is funding research in both those areas with the goal of dominating the market. A pragmatic industrial policy would mean defending all those technologies, said Michael Daniel, CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance and former cybersecurity coordinator for the Obama White House. The bottom line: It may be impossible to right the ship as quickly as we'd want.
Open source libraries with at least one vulnerability are down from 78% in 2017 to 60% in 2018, but more needs to be done to improve security, according to a new report by the Ponemon Institute. Companies have been failing to apply updated patches to their code to ensure security due to the amount of testing required, but it has to be done to avoid incidences such as the Equifax breach, Synopsys said.