Navigating the Secure Networks Act: What Restricted Equipment Means for Your Organization

Executive summary: This report analyzes the FCC's expansion of the Secure Networks Act Covered List (2021–2026), emphasizing the recent inclusion of consumer-grade routers and drones produced in foreign countries and named vendors such as Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Dahua, and Kaspersky; it outlines the compliance, procurement, asset-visibility, supply-chain, and operational impacts on organizations and warns that origin- and function-based restrictions are likely to expand further.