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Huawei CloudEngine Data Center Switches Earn Highly Acclaimed Common
Criteria EAL4+ Certification

Recently, Huawei's CloudEngine 16800, of SGS Brightsight, said, "SGS Brightsight said, "Huawei always attaches top priority
8800, and 6800 series data center is the number one security evaluation lab to the security and trustworthiness of our
switches passed the security evaluation in the world. It is a great honor to help products. We build our security system
by SGS Brightsight, the renowned Huawei obtain a CC certificate through for CloudEngine data center switches
security evaluation lab in the world, and our excellent team of security evaluators. from multiple dimensions, including
earned Common Criteria (CC) Evaluation This CC certificate can be used to design, development, and delivery. They
Assurance Level 4 Augmented (EAL4+) demonstrate that, with the world's leading help build data center networks with
— the highest level of assurance for cyber security level, Huawei CloudEngine a leading architecture, comprehensive
network products. In doing so, these data center switches can offer customers functions, and high reliability, making
series of switches have become the secure and trustworthy services based on them ideal for a broad range of scenarios
industry's first switch models to achieve the evaluated devices." As digitalization such as cloudification, high-performance
the CC certification with identical security in various industries ramps up, new ICT computing (HPC), and storage networks."
functionality claims of the Network Device infrastructure — the foundation of the Huawei CloudEngine data center switches
Collaborative Protection Profile (NDcPP). digital economy — gradually transforms ensure product security and reliability at
CC provides assurance that information into a data center-centric architecture. In the following layers:
technology (IT) products and solutions turn, this presents data center networks • Architecture security: The security
meet certain levels of security, reliability, with more severe challenges in security framework focuses on access security
and privacy protection. It is the most widely and reliability. On the one hand, data center and operation security, building
recognized and trusted IT product security networks need to strength their security layer-by-layer defense capabilities of
certification in the world and can be used protection system. On the other hand, they switches along possible attack paths.
as an important basis for product security need to cope with increasingly diverse • Environment security: A secure product
evaluation during enterprise IT solution attacks. Wang Wuwei, Vice President of development environment is built
construction. Kai-Fan Chang, COO Asia Huawei Data Center Network Domain, through measures such as network
isolation, security authentication, and
permission minimization.
• Release and deployment security:
Through defense against tampering,
source tracing, trusted source, and
anti-malicious download, Huawei
CloudEngine data center switches
implement end-to-end integrity
protection.
In addition, Huawei has an independent
security test platform to perform security
tests on its products, ensuring product
security and trustworthiness. In the future,
Huawei will continue to innovate data
center network products, laying a solid
foundation for data center infrastructure
connections and building secure and
reliable next-generation data centers.

Huawei Highlights Deep Cooperation with towerco at TowerXchange
Meetup MENA in Dubai

Huawei, a leading global provider of in discussions on tower vendors' energy towerco sector and discuss the industry's
information and communications needs, wireless networks, and intelligent future. The biggest platform for the
technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart O&M management, among other topical tower merchant industry, TowerXchange
devices, took part in TowerXchange industry themes. TowerXchange Meetup gathered key global players in the space,
Meetup MENA 2022, the leading event for MENA 2022, being held for the first time such as Tawal, IHS Towers, Helios, TASC
the region's telecom tower industry. At the in the Middle East, is an ideal opportunity and Edotco, a reflection of the region's
summit held in Dubai, Huawei participated to follow the region's rapidly developing growing towerco sector. Dr. Mohamed

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