Huawei has joined the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT). The company is said to become the first global ICT solution provider to join the OIC-CERT as a commercial member.
“We are honored to join the OIC-CERT organization, and our membership further cements Huawei’s credentials as a trusted partner of the global ICT ecosystem. It is also a testimonial to our strong cyber security capabilities. Through this membership, Huawei will actively contribute to the global cyber intelligence ecosystem and leverage its expertise to bolster cyber defense for more than 1.8 billion people living in the OIC-CERT’s member states. This will enable us to fulfil our vision of building a fully connected, intelligent world,” commented Jiawei Liu, CEO of Huawei UAE.
Being a commercial member of OIC-CERT says to allow Huawei to collaborate in an open and transparent platform with all stakeholders of the cyberspace to ensure end-to-end cyber security for member states.
Dr. Haji Amirudin Bin Abdul Wahab, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia and Permanent Secretariat of the OIC-CERT said, “We would like to extend a warm welcome Huawei to the OIC-CERT. The organization provides an unparalleled platform to 27 OIC-CERT member states to collaborate and mitigate the cyber threats that we face in today’s digitally connected world. With Huawei joining the OIC-CERT, the organization will greatly benefit from its long standing and deep sector ICT and cyber security expertise.”
“Our cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving with bad actors engineering high sophisticated attacks that can immobilize consumers’ day-to-day lives and derail business operations. As a global ICT leader, Huawei has an excellent track record of empowering secure and resilient digital transformations in the UAE and the rest of the world,” noted Adel Almehairi, Director of the UAE Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT).
