The Department of Homeland Security has reviewed the agreements entered into between the MApN Cyber Defense Command and Telelink Business Services and believes that they are aimed at providing solutions that do not have technical or other components that can be found or are specific to 5G. infrastructure, announced on Friday HotNews.ro Presidential Administration.
This is the President’s Administration’s explanation that CSAT believes that authorizing 5G Telelink would pose a threat to national security, while MApN’s Cyber Defense Command has IT contracts with the firm.
On the other hand, the Presidential Administration states that the negative conclusion regarding 5G, given by the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) to Telelink Business Services, was based on the fact that the analysis of data provided by responsible institutions in the field of defense and national security revealed security risks and defense of the country.
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Bulgarians from TBS are surprised that CSAT considers them a threat to the security of 5G: We work with the ministries of defense of various NATO countries
Bulgarian group Telelink Business Services (TBS) on Wednesday expressed surprise at CSAT’s decision to deny it a 5G license on the grounds that it would pose a threat to national security.
TBS Group, which also provides IT services to the Defense Ministry’s Cyber Command, said it was also working with defense ministries in other NATO countries and was waiting to see the reasons for CSAT’s decision.
- “Telelink Business Services (TBS) is a registered company (therefore transparent), a global systems integrator with a presence both in the region and in countries such as Germany or the United States.
- TBS works with clients worldwide in a variety of industries, including Ministries of Defense in various NATO countries, as well as institutions/agencies/companies that manage critical infrastructure and national security importance.
- We are therefore surprised by CSAT’s decision and we are interested to know the reasons for this decision, which we do not know at the moment.” Florin Iovu, Managing Director of TBS Romania, announced this to HotNews.ro on Wednesday.
The company CSAT considers risky provides IT services to MApN’s cyber team
HotNews.ro was the first to report that Telelink Business Services SRL, a company controlled by the TBS Group, one of the largest IT system integrators in Bulgaria, was denied CSAT permission to use 5G infrastructure equipment in Romania on the grounds that it would pose a threat to national security.
On the other hand, the same firm provides IT services for the Cyber Command of the Ministry of Defense.
The company has IT contracts with government agencies and it was a surprise to discover two IT contracts recently won with the Ministry of Defense’s 02499 military unit.
This military unit is MApN’s Cyber Defense Command.
Both tenders aimed to provide “HCI solutions for data centers” for virtualization and storage of large volumes of data in hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI – Hyper-converged infrastructure).
The solutions should allow automating the repetitive tasks of MApN employees responsible for data center administration.
Both tenders, which were intended to conclude framework agreements for 2 years, were awarded to an association formed by Telelink Business Services SRL and Telelink Business Services EAD (parent company from Bulgaria), but after several appeals to the CNSC and legal proceedings in the Bucharest Court .
- read: Romania’s 5G security paradox: a company deemed risky by CSAT provides IT services to the MApN Cyber Command
MApN Response: Solutions provided by TBS do not contain 5G components and do not pose a threat to national security
Upon request from HotNews.ro, the Ministry of Defense stated that the IT solutions to be provided to the MAPN Cyber Defense Command by the company that denied CSAT access to 5G networks in Romania on the grounds of national security risk. , do not have 5G technical components. In addition, MApN states that it has not identified any risks to national security related to deals with this firm.
- “Currently, existing cooperation between the Cyber Defense Command and Telelink Business Services SRL is limited to two framework agreements concluded in accordance with the current legislation in the field of public procurement.
- Both framework agreements aim to provide HCI (Hyperconverged Infrastructure) solutions that do not have technical or other components contained in or specific to 5G infrastructure, and that are not part of a 5G-based cyber infrastructure.
- From the data we have at this time, according to the authority, no risks or threats to national security related to these framework agreements have been identified.” announced on Friday, October 6, officials of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
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