About the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

To address a perceived cybersecurity risk, an Interim Final Rule of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the Fiscal Year 2019 was made effective on August 13, 2019. Section 889 contains the Prohibition on certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment from specific vendors. It also contains several provisions that have a major impact on existing and future US Government related video surveillance deployments. The NDAA ban also extends to other manufacturers where the video surveillance cameras or systems from the specified vendors are offered under another manufacturer’s brand name typical of OEM, ODM, and JDM relationships.