Global Information and Communication Technology infrastructure provider Huawei has canvassed for collaboration among stakeholders in the cyber-security ecosystem to eliminate the potential of any network security risks.
According to the head of Cybersecurity, Huawei Nigeria, Osita Nweze, the government must work with industry stakeholders to develop unified security standards to ensure all network-based equipment and services reach the same level of security. Nweze disclosed that with the six network security centres built by the company worldwide, other stakeholders needed to take advantage of these resources through collaboration in managing any potential risk.
“Through the independent Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) in the UK, Huawei evaluates its products, and the UK government provides ideas and recommendations for improvement. Huawei is also the only company in the telecom sector that is willing to have its source code reviewed. This demonstrates our commitment to openness and transparency. In Germany and Canada, Huawei has put different collaborative mechanisms for evaluation and certification. Huawei is not worried about issues in these tests because any such issues will help us identify specific areas of improvement and provide our customers with more secure products,” he said.
He stated that the 5G security standards provide more robust encryption algorithms and flexible certification mechanisms relative to past generations of wireless technology. “The common criteria (CC) certification is the world’s most widely recognised and authoritative security certification for IT products. Governments and relevant enterprises jointly develop the CC security standards,” he added.
