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Gulf Business
12-05-2025
- Business
- Gulf Business
Huawei strengthens cybersecurity with unified, AI-powered solutions
Image: Supplied Huawei hosted a successful media briefing earlier this week at GISEC GLOBAL, the Middle East's largest cybersecurity event. Under the theme 'Establishing a Unified Cybersecurity Foundation to Safeguard the Expanding Digital and Intelligent Landscape,' the discussion addressed the critical cybersecurity challenges of our rapidly evolving digital era. The session brought together media representatives from across the GCC, underscoring the regional importance of cybersecurity collaboration. The panel featured insights from Huawei's top cybersecurity experts: Dr Zhu Shenggao, Vice President of AI at Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia; Richard Wu, President of the Security Product Domain in the Data Communication Product Line; and Yongjian Li, President of Data Protection at Huawei. The session was moderated by Colm Murphy from the Huawei European Cybersecurity Center. The briefing reinforced Huawei's position as 'Your Reliable Partner in the Digital and Intelligent World' through its comprehensive security governance system. Drawing on over 30 years of experience and defending against trillions of attacks, Huawei has developed advanced security models that update in real time and evolve rapidly. These capabilities are integrated into Huawei's intelligent security system, structured around its 'one center, seven defenses' framework. At the core of this transformation is Huawei's principled approach to cybersecurity: security that is built-in and based on verification aligned with common standards; a commitment to being a secure, trustworthy provider; comprehensive governance systems; secure technologies developed through collaboration; active contributions to industry standards; and a strong respect for privacy and data sovereignty. Yongjian Li, President of Data Protection at Huawei, also unveiled the OceanProtect E8000, a next-generation data protection system featuring a 3-in-1 converged architecture. This system integrates backup software servers, short-term retention storage, and long-term retention storage into a single solution. Key benefits include: Five times faster recovery performance, restoring 1TB of data in just 20 seconds High-density 2PB/2U capacity, reducing rack space usage by up to 90 per cent compared to conventional solutions Dr Zhu Shenggao, Vice President of AI at Huawei Cloud Middle East and Central Asia, emphasised Huawei Cloud's transition from cloud-native to AI-native security systems. Huawei leverages three decades of security operations data and advanced computing power to power its Pangu security model, which automates 99 per cent of threat responses and significantly shortens threat detection and tracing times. Read- Key AI-based security assurances include: Environment protection through real-time threat detection and rapid resolution Data protection via encryption, watermarking, and tracking to prevent leaks Model reliability ensured through rigorous training for accuracy and reduced errors Content safety upheld by ethical safeguards and attack prevention mechanisms Unified security framework: Cloud to endpoint Richard Wu, President of the Security Product Domain, highlighted Huawei's integrated 'Endpoint-Network-Security' platform, designed to combat ransomware and enhance data recovery. The solution unifies cloud, network, edge, and endpoint security under a single framework. Huawei's new Xinghe Intelligent Unified SASE Solution addresses growing cybersecurity threats resulting from cloud migration, branch breakouts, and hybrid working. With 85 per cent of enterprises moving services to the cloud and 80 per cent of traffic now directly routed from branches, attack surfaces are expanding rapidly. Key elements of the SASE solution: AI Security Brain with over 8,000 built-in rules handles 99 per cent of alarms automatically Ultra-large-scale networking supporting up to 20,000 branches—50 per cent more than the industry average AI firewall at the edge detects 95 per cent of unknown threats. HiSec Endpoint boosts detection rates by 50 per cent over traditional antivirus solutions Huawei's SASE platform has earned Tolly certification, reinforcing its operational and detection superiority. Advanced threat detection and unified defense architecture Huawei's intelligent security system uses a 'one center, seven defenses' framework. Its SecMaster unified security operations center enhances detection accuracy to over 99 per cent, reduces investigation time by 83 per cent, and accelerates attack source tracing by 95 per cent. AI-powered security models are used to: Improve classification and identification of sensitive data Detect abnormal access behaviors and potential leaks Recognise ransomware encryption attempts in databases Local partnerships strengthen regional security Huawei continues to deepen regional cooperation. In 2024, it signed a strategic partnership with Jeraisy, a leading network provider in Saudi Arabia, to jointly deliver advanced SASE solutions tailored to the Middle East market. Richard Wu noted the region's rapid growth and the presence of major MSPs and carriers such as Saudi Telecom Company, emphasising Huawei's commitment to regional collaboration and digital development. Compliance and cloud security governance To align with national cybersecurity strategies, Huawei Cloud introduced its Cloud Service Cybersecurity and Compliance Standard (3CS). Based on more than 16 global security standards, 3CS ensures robust governance and facilitates regulatory compliance. Huawei Cloud holds CSA STAR Certification, covering data protection, risk management, and infrastructure security, among other areas. This validates Huawei's standing as a globally trusted cloud provider. Tackling multi-cloud security and sovereignty In response to growing adoption of hybrid and multi-cloud environments, SecMaster provides unified security operations across endpoints, edge, network, and cloud. It consolidates tools, integrates threat intelligence, and enables national-level threat hunting. Huawei Cloud's security governance framework addresses data sovereignty and regulatory challenges by consolidating over 20 global standards and 130 compliance certifications into a unified system, streamlining the path to compliance. Ensuring data resilience amid evolving threats To defend against ransomware and ensure business continuity, Huawei Storage integrates AI for enhanced threat detection. The use of all-flash media accelerates backup and recovery, while a 99.9 per cent reliable active-active architecture ensures system uptime and trust in the recovery process.
Tahawul Tech
07-05-2025
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
Huawei Cloud Showcases AI-Native Security Solutions at GISEC 2025
At GISEC Global 2025, Huawei Cloud unveiled its AI-native security portfolio to address the evolving cybersecurity landscape across the Middle East and Central Asia. As cyberattacks grow increasingly sophisticated, Huawei Cloud's comprehensive security solutions offer enterprises unparalleled protection through advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. At a media briefing on the sidelines of the event, Dr. Zhu Shenggao, Vice President of AI Business for Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia, highlighted the company's strategic shift from cloud-native to AI-native technologies. 'Huawei Cloud has now positioned AI at the core of our strategy. By transitioning to AI-native architecture, we're enabling organisations to defend against today's most complex threats with intelligent, adaptive security systems that evolve faster than the threats themselves', said Dr. Zhu. 'Commercial interests will never outweigh Huawei's commitment to cyber and service security. With over 130 security compliance certifications worldwide, such as ISO 27001, ISO 27017, PCI DSS, and SOC, we've demonstrated our dedication to maintaining industry-leading security standards across all our offerings', Dr. Zhu stated. Comprehensive AI-Native Security Solutions Huawei Cloud security architecture is built upon a centralized framework with seven defence layers, ensuring robust service resilience. It features two flagship solutions – Large Model Security, powered by Data Security Centre (DSC), and SecMaster. Key security challenges addressed by Large Model Security include: Environment security: Build a network, identity, and resource protection system. Data security: Prevent training data pollution and leakage, ensure privacy protection during inference, and protect data sovereignty. Model security: Prevent model asset theft and optimize the model security mechanism through enhanced training. Content security: Defend against prompt attacks and ensure content compliance, with watermarking techniques. Security operations: Enable comprehensive situational awareness via a unified view, global collaboration, automatic handling, and content risk control and operations. Providing a large model security screen and report. The Large Model Security empowered by Data Security Centre (DSC) represents a breakthrough in cloud-based data protection designed to secure large AI models and sensitive enterprise information. The system provides advanced classification of sensitive information using AI-driven pattern recognition, delivers proactive security risk detection and remediation capabilities, employs sophisticated watermarking technology for leak tracking and attribution, and offers intelligent data masking to enable the safe utilisation of private information. The DSC consolidates all security operations into a unified dashboard, providing security teams complete visibility and control over their cloud data security posture. Meanwhile, SecMaster is a cloud-native solution for more intelligent, measurable security operations that helps build security operations capabilities with Huawei's 30 years of experience. This solution incorporates over 300 AI-powered threat detection models that continuously adapt to emerging threats and more than 100 automatic response playbooks for immediate threat mitigation. The solution utilizes seven distinct lines of defence working in concert to provide comprehensive protection while delivering fully automated security operations that reduce response times and human error. SecMaster represents the culmination of Huawei Cloud's security expertise. By harnessing the power of AI across every aspect of security operations, Huawei Cloud enables organisations to stay ahead of cybercriminals in an increasingly complex threat environment, including situational awareness, asset management, compliance self-check, threat management, security information and event management (SIEM), and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR). Huawei Cloud is also hosting informative speeches on May 6 and 7, sharing insights into the future of AI-native security. On May 6, the company presented an executive boardroom session on the latest advancements in AI-driven security and Huawei Cloud security solutions. On May 7, Eagle Wan, Chief Security Expert of Enterprise Digitalisation and Cloud Transformation, Huawei Cloud, will participate in the prestigious Government Leaders Panel Discussion, exploring how AI-powered security solutions can strengthen national cybersecurity postures. As the Lead Strategic Partner of GISEC Global 2025, Huawei, a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT), is showcasing its comprehensive AI-powered cybersecurity solutions at Hall 5, Stand A180, Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Taking place from May 6-8, 2025, GISEC Global is the Middle East and Africa's largest cybersecurity event, bringing together over 25,000 cybersecurity professionals from more than 160 countries to address evolving threats in an increasingly AI-driven landscape. Image Credit: Huawei
