Argentina cybersecurity chief resigns amid Huawei exclusion dispute

Argentina's cybersecurity chief Ariel Waissbein resigned after a sector event was cancelled, with his deputy also leaving and the CERT coordinator fired. The dispute centers on plans to build an ARSAT-based operations center with open-source tools versus the new director's adoption of US security requirements that could exclude Huawei and other Chinese firms from state purchases. This signals a policy shift in Argentina's tech procurement, potentially affecting US-China tech competition in Latin America.

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