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Huawei Reaffirms Cybersecurity Commitment and Agreements on Data
Openness and Transparency

On the sidelines of this week’s Milipol on their business. Huawei has also signed ultimately nurture a vibrant ecosystem that
Qatar summit, the President of Huawei more than 1,000 contracts for industrial promotes innovation in the Middle East.”
Middle East reaffirmed the company’s 5G applications in more than 20 industries, That future will also require bolstering
commitment to supporting digital demonstrating the trust that governments local ICT talent, added Yang. Huawei's
transformation across the Middle East and its customers have in Huawei. “Our talent ecosystem currently consists of four
by building stronger ICT ecosystems responsibility has always been to make parts: a Seeds for the Future program, the
supported by cooperative cybersecurity secure, trustworthy, and high-quality Huawei ICT Competitions, an internship
mitigation programs. This ecosystem will products,” noted Yang. “Huawei has not program, and various ICT Academies.
ultimately contribute to the realization had any major cybersecurity incidents Yang also cited how in 2020, the LearnOn
of national development visions over while working with more than 500 online learning platform was launched in
the coming years. When it comes to 5G telecom providers for nearly 20 years in the Middle East. Over the last five years,
in particular, Huawei has noted that the 170 countries. No other vendor can claim this talent ecosystem has included work
GCC countries have been among the this level of cybersecurity success.” In with 440 universities in the region, more
world’s first wave of 5G deployments, parallel with its cybersecurity emphasis, than 20 ministries and commissions,
now becoming a reference point for global Huawei is doubling down on its research with more than 35,000 people being
commercial use. These investments will efforts in the region and internationally. trained and over 9,000 being certified by
demonstrate their value once again during The company is already one of the largest Huawei in areas like 5G, AI, and cloud.
mega-events like the upcoming FIFA World patent holders in the world. In 2020, Huawei Yang stressed that the company will
Cup 2022 in Qatar, Hajj season and similar was the top filer of patents for the fourth continue to work with local universities,
events enabling brand-new experiences consecutive year, according to the World partners, governments, and enterprise
such as 8K live broadcasts and exciting Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). customers to cultivate more qualified
in-home viewer experiences through The company has also been leading in ICT talent. “With powerful technologies,
augmented and virtual reality. “The use areas like 5G patents for some time, and a local talent ecosystem, and well-
cases of 5G are almost unlimited in terms has in turn been featured on rankings established cybersecurity frameworks,
of healthcare, education, entertainment, such as the EU Industrial R&D Investment we are confident that advanced digital
transportation, energy, and more,” said Scoreboard in 2020. “In the post-pandemic applications across all industries can
Charles Yang, President of Huawei era, local governments and enterprises become more widespread in the region,”
Middle East. “Nonetheless, with the rapid are all actively pushing for industrial concluded Yang. Huawei’s cybersecurity
development of 5G together with AI and digitalization, upgrading smart systems practices have already gained the trust of
cloud industries, countries in the region and solutions to enhance the level of public global value chain partners and industry-
are rightfully attaching great importance services,” said Yang. “As a consequence, leading organizations. To date, more
to data sovereignty and cybersecurity. they are looking at enhanced cybersecurity than 700 cities and 228 Fortune 500
Huawei is committed to cooperative and privacy frameworks to guide how that companies—among which 58 are from the
cybersecurity mitigation programs while transformation can happen. New policies, Fortune 100—have selected Huawei as a
never putting commercial interests ahead organizational structures, and processes digital transformation partner.
of cybersecurity policies. I reiterate that will need to be determined, and will
Huawei welcomes signing cyber security
agreement with governments to ensure
openness, transparency, and trust.” Over
recent days, Huawei has been working
closely with other global manufacturers,
security and safety experts, governments,
and enterprises at Milipol to help establish
a more secure digital ecosystem in the
region. Building and fully implementing an
end-to-end global cybersecurity assurance
and privacy protection system is one of
Huawei’s most crucial strategies for the
region, according to Yang. In 2020 alone,
Huawei supported the stable operations
of over 300 networks internationally, and
helped operators to provide online services
and minimize the impact of the pandemic

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