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What Is the NDAA?
What Is the NDAA?
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an annual United States federal law that specifies the budget, policies, and priorities for the U.S. Department of Defense. Each year’s NDAA outlines how defense funds will be allocated and includes various provisions related to national security.
How does it affect Hikvision?
A specific section often referenced in the technology and security sectors is Section 889 of the FY2019 U.S. NDAA, which is a government purchasing rule. This section restricts the U.S. federal government and its contractors from buying, or using in their systems certain telecommunications and video surveillance equipment or services from specified companies.
What it mean for you?
For most organisations in Australia and New Zealand, it won’t affect any buying decisions. If you sell into U.S. federal projects or use U.S. federal grants/assistance, check the link below to see whether the rule applies.
Related link: Section 889 Policies
Key Facts about the NDAA
It’s an U.S. federal law which generally does NOT apply to AU/NZ commercial purchases
“NDAA-Compliant” is an invented and misleading concept
The NDAA is NOT a cybersecurity standard or certification
FAQs
The NDAA generally does not impose legal obligations on businesses or commercial projects in Australia or New Zealand, unless they sell to, buy from, or work with the U.S. federal government or spend U.S. federal funds.
No official NDAA logo or certification mark exists — law does not define this. These are marketing visuals, not legal standards. Use of these visuals can imply misleading “approval” that doesn’t exist.
The NDAA is a U.S. federal law, not a certification, and provides no certification process. It does not establish any cybersecurity certification or function as a technical standard itself.
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