GEC NEWS WIRERecently, Huawei’s Multi-layered Ransomware Protection Solution (MRP) won the “Gold Award for Best Cybersecurity Solution” at the 10th Extraordinary Annual Awards Ceremony organized by the Communications Association of Hong Kong. The award was presented by Mr. Leung Chung-yin, Director-General of Communications at the Communications Authority Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, to Mr. Bi Jinjun, Vice President of ICT Marketing Solutions for Huawei Hong Kong.
Mr. Leung Chung-yin (left), Director-General of Communications at the Communications Authority Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, presented the award to Mr. Bi Jinjun (right), Vice President of ICT Marketing Solutions for Huawei Hong Kong.
In recent years, data infrastructure has been a prime target for hackers deploying ransomware attacks. Ransomware is characterized by strong stealth capabilities, frequent mutations, and high destructiveness. It often exploits zero-day vulnerabilities and phishing emails to infiltrate systems and can remain dormant for weeks or even months, making it difficult for traditional antivirus software to quickly detect and eliminate.
While network-level defense measures can intercept about 90% of ransomware, storage, as the final repository for data, serves as the last line of defense for data security. It must promptly detect any ransomware attempts to modify data. By leveraging technologies such as detection and analysis, secure snapshots, backup and recovery, and physical isolation, storage systems ensure that ransomware “cannot infiltrate or alter data” while keeping data “recoverable and isolated.”
Leveraging its self-developed capabilities across storage and networking, Huawei has innovatively introduced multi-layered, storage-network collaborative protection technology for data security, significantly enhancing storage’s proactive recovery capabilities. Huawei is currently the first in the industry to offer this technology. The solution is characterized by “Precise Detection,” “Comprehensive Protection,” and “Rapid Recovery”:
- Precise Detection: Using a proprietary AI-based machine learning algorithm, Huawei achieves a 99.9% ransomware detection rate through self-optimizing capabilities, effectively preventing malware from infiltrating.
- Comprehensive Protection: By integrating storage and network into a multi-layered defense system, Huawei constructs a two-line, six-layer in-depth defense framework, bolstering IT system resilience. The Air Gap technology creates a physically isolated zone where replication links are disconnected during non-replication periods, keeping backups “offline” and invisible to malware.
- Rapid Recovery: OceanProtect, Huawei’s dedicated backup storage solution, delivers an industry-leading backup and recovery speed of 172 TB per hour, addressing the challenge of prolonged business downtime caused by data encryption.
Huawei’s Ransomware Protection Solution has been deployed across various industries worldwide, earning widespread industry recognition.
At the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC 2024), Huawei’s Multi-layered Ransomware Protection (MRP) solution received a certification from the internationally renowned testing organization, Tolly Group.
In April of the same year, during the 2024 Global Security Symposium – UAE Edition (GCC Security Symposium), Huawei’s OceanProtect Backup and Multi-layered Ransomware Defense Solution was awarded the “Future Security Leader – Transformative Security Solution Award.”
Additionally, in the 2024 Gartner Primary Storage Data Resilience Evaluation, Huawei Storage achieved the #1 global ranking, solidifying its leadership in data resilience.
As ransomware attacks grow increasingly cunning and covert, adopting proactive and comprehensive security measures is more critical than ever. Huawei’s MRP Multi-layered Ransomware Protection Solution continues to innovate, providing enterprises with a comprehensive and proactive defense system to safeguard data security, protect assets from threats, and ensure stable and uninterrupted business operations.
Li Yongjian, President of Huawei’s Data Protection Division, stated: “As a storage provider focused on data security, Huawei’s widespread recognition in the industry is a testament to the long-standing refinement and innovation of our products. Huawei will continue to innovate in technology and products, offering users more high-quality data security solutions and services, and working together to build a safer digital world.”
