[x-pubpol] Fwd: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff

[Joly MacFie]

(via nanog)

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/05/13/005259/new-zealand-spy-agency-to-vet-network-builds-provider-staff

"The new Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act of
2013 is in effect in New Zealand and brings in several drastic changes for
ISPs, telcos and service
providers<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/385149,tough-nz-comms-interception-network-security-law-kicks-in.aspx>.
One of the country's spy agencies, the GCSB, gets to decide on network
equipment procurement and design
decisions<http://ncsc.govt.nz/assets/TICSA/NCSC-Guidance-for-Network-Operators.pdf>
(PDF),
plus operators have to register with the police and obtain security
clearance for some
staff<http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/programmes-and-initiatives/telecommunications-interception-capability-security-act-2013-0>.
Somewhat illogically, the NZ government pushed through the law combining
mandated communications interception capabilities for law enforcement, with
undefined network security requirements as decided by the GCSB. All network
operators are subject to the new law, including local providers as well as
the likes of Facebook, Google, Microsoft, who have opposed it, saying the
new statutes clash with overseas privacy legislation."

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