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Huawei Sponsors Cyber Security Salons Middle East 2021 to Discuss
Cloud Security Challenges and Collaboration

Huawei sponsored the 3rd virtual session as key enabler of digital economies. In drafting policy. Mr. Charbel Chbeir,
of the 2021 Cyber Security Salons on 14th Huawei, we are committed to supporting council member at ARISPA, highlighted
December across the Middle East. As an the region’s digital transformation by a note made by Professor Pierre Catala’s
initiative of Forum Global in partnership delivering innovative, secure, and safe presentation on the draft law on electronic
with Cullen International, the online event cloud services.” Speaking at the seminar, communications, writing and transactions,
brought together key regional industry His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Hamad and how the digital revolution enables
experts and Huawei speakers in a panel Al-Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity, UAE every individual to communicate with
discussion to explore cybersecurity Government, noted that we need to keep the others at any time, and affects everyone
challenges faced by organizations, ecosystem supporting our digital economy in their person and their property. Chbeir
and explore opportunities for future open, transparent, and collaborative. He noted how the law must adapt to these
collaboration. Cyber Security Salons is a concluded with how cloud security will new parameters of social life. Ms. Rasha Al
communication platform for stakeholders be a core part of this new cybersecurity Abdali, In-Charge Director of Compliance,
to meet and discuss cybersecurity framework because the future of securing Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications,
policies and regulations, while providing cyberspace lies with reining in the cloud, as and Information Technology in Oman,
the opportunity for regional and global cloud security tomorrow is cybersecurity highlighted how a good balance of policies
regulators to explore how they can of today. Dr. Jassim Haji, President of and good governance are vital today. She
collaborate on cyber defense. The global Artificial Intelligence Group, highlighted continued to stress that data governance
series aims to bring in new perspectives how Artificial Intelligence plays a vital ensures that all the stakeholders are
from academics, policymakers alongside role in cybersecurity, and that it won’t just on the same page in terms of defining
key opinion leaders and other stakeholders. be people that solve these issues. With roles and responsibilities. Huawei is a
This Middle Eastern version concludes the the world in the Zettabyte era, criminals global entrusted ICT partner with leading
2021 Security Salon series, after events in are already using AI, machine learning, cloud and cybersecurity expertise and
the Asia Pacific and European regions. The and complex algorithms to carry out continues to collaborate and contribute
event witnessed a keynote presentation cyber-attacks. With AI becoming more to the industry across the region. By
by His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Hamad autonomous, machines will play a greater working with partners and customers to
Al-Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity, UAE role in tracking cyber threats in the Middle advance cybersecurity, Huawei continues
Government, and the hosted panel East and beyond. “AI is a necessity in the to support rapid digitization and is a key
discussion on cloud security and digital future” he said, with more tools emerging driver of cloud adoption to support the
transformation featured key regional with no human supervision, even including digital transformation of the Middle East.
ICT leaders including Dr. Jassim Haji,
President of Artificial Intelligence Group;
Ms. Rasha Al Abdali, In-Charge Director
of Compliance, Ministry of Transport,
Telecommunications, and Information
Technology in Oman; Mr. Charbel Chbeir,
council member at ARISPA, the industry
organization under the League of Arab
States; and Mr. Kamal Zian, Chief Security
Officer, Huawei Gulf North. From his side,
Kamal Zian, Chief Security Officer, Huawei
Gulf North, highlighted the role of regional
industry experts and technological leaders
in cybersecurity: “While recovering from
the pandemic, countries across the Middle
East realized the importance of cloud

Huawei Sponsors Cyber Security Salons Middle East 2021 to Discuss
Cloud Security Challenges and Collaboration

5G has landed in Bangladesh! The first Teletalk Bangladesh Limited with technical put within everyone’s reach the panoply
commercial 5G network in the country came support from Huawei, 5G will expedite of advanced technologies enabled by the
on-line on 12 December 2021. Rolled out by Bangladesh’s digital transformation and upgraded connectivity. Initially, 5G network

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