Section 889 Banned Brands — And the Compliant Brand You Replace Them With
If a search brought you here because you found one of these brands in your estate, the short version is: it has to come out of any federally-funded or federally-touching system, and there is a compliant equivalent for every category. Here is the list and how replacement works.
The covered entities and their rebrands
Named: Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei, ZTE, Hytera. Reaches their subsidiaries and OEM rebrands — commonly Lorex, EZVIZ and Annke (Hikvision-linked), plus white-label lines such as LTS, and Chinese-origin brands frequently restricted alongside them like Uniview. Consumer Chinese network/camera brands are not appropriate for federal use either.
Compliant equivalents, category by category
Fixed and PTZ cameras → Axis, Hanwha Vision, i-PRO, Bosch. Recorders/VMS → Milestone, Genetec, vendor NVRs. Access control → HID, ACRE, ASSA ABLOY, Software House. Intrusion → DMP, Bosch. We match form factor and capability so the replacement is a like-for-like upgrade, not a redesign.
Rip-and-replace, planned
Our assessment inventories the installed base, risk-ranks what to swap first (networked devices and federally-funded sites lead), reuses cabling and mounts where possible, and delivers a budgeted migration with minimal downtime — plus the compliance documentation to close the finding.
- The ban reaches rebrands (Lorex/EZVIZ/Annke/LTS), not just the five named brands.
- Every category has a drop-in compliant equivalent.
- We plan rip-and-replace by risk, reuse infrastructure, and document the closeout.
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