Standards, collaboration and frameworks a foundation for Cyber Security

The world is in hyperspeed transforming into a constant connected digital environment.
It is new territory where new devices are put in place, various ecosystems work together, new partnerships evolve and last but not least everything we do becomes available to everybody at a tremendous scale and speed.

We see a lot of companies and people are still unaware of the connectivity and the speed and scale at which information can be shared and connected, and that with technology systems now can easily be accessed and intruded.
Vendors and other stakeholder team up and work together for a safer world.

Huawei is one of those companies, actively working on the transparency and awareness on cybersecurity and privacy with multiple partners. Recently Huawei opened its Cyber Security Transparency Center in the heart of Europe in the centre of Brussels in Belgium. The center provides a platform to help customers and stakeholders to enhance communication and joint innovation. It will also provide a technical verification and evaluation platform for their customers

TRUST in the digital era

Trust and distrust should be based on facts, not feelings, not speculation, and not baseless rumour.
It’s like in all transformation projects, where the empirical approach, proves to be the only secure and validatrd approach. Define the theory, gather all the data and prove it is wrong or right, based on the facts.
The facts must be verifiable, and verification must be based on common standards.
As we see it, it is an effective model for building trust in the digital era.
For security you can apply the simple ABC principle:
Assume Nothing, Believe Nothing, Check Everything.

Security standards and Frameworks assure digital trust

A lack of standards, awareness, mindset, cultural, security by design and collaboration across country borders, screams for a new approach.
There is an urgent need to invest in security standards and verification systems at the national level, as well as professional resources and skills.
Security is complex and consists of multiple layers and domains.

We all fight against only one thing, that is organised crime.

5G, hundred times faster: opportunity and risk

The upcoming 5G technology will bring the needed speed and bandwidth for IoT devices to communicate and exchange data, but at the same time this open internet connected network brings challenges on security as well.
Think of self driving cars, smart trash cans signaling they need a pick up, smart parking meters communicating with parking spots and cars and so many more things talking to each other.

The speed, connectivity and computing power we have at hand, brings other risks.
This momentum makes it easier to enter systems from the outside, and criminal organisations see a whole new world of opportunities.
To keep this new technology under control, we once again need to agree upon standards. From an industry perspective Huawei is playing an active role and contributor together with NEC, Ericsson, Samsung and Deutsche Telekom.

Collaboration, because we can’t do it all ourselves

Cybersecurity has become a complex multi layered, multi partner, multi product challenge.
This means not the final supplier can be held responsible for the security, but the whole ecosystem needs to actively contribute.
Off course the vendor holds final responibility, but like Huawei, they have a thorough screening and validation in place, and actively co-operate with all the suppliers delivering the final product or solution.
Cybersecurity is not a one shot delivery, but a continous monitoring, optimisation and improvement cycle.

Security or nothing

Over the past 30 years, Huawei served more than three billion people around the world. They support the stable operations of more than 1,500 carrier networks in over 170 countries and regions. In this time, Huawei has maintained a solid track record in cyber security.
At Huawei, the promise is “Security or nothing.” They take this responsibility very seriously. Cyber security is the top priority across product design, development, and lifecycle management, and it is embedded in all business processes.