Huawei joins industry leaders in Baku to address cybersecurity challenges

Huawei joins industry leaders in Baku to address cybersecurity challenges

Huawei Middle East and Central Asia joined an exclusive media roundtable on day two of the GSMA M360 EURASIA 2023 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. The company discussed the latest telecom cybersecurity trends, innovations and methods to tackle the associated threats among industry actors together. The open discussion aimed at aligning strategic priorities for the region, deepening engagement and steering collaborative efforts in the industry to advance collective action for cyber stability in the telecom industry. Under the theme of ‘ ,’ participants in the panel discussed various topics, including collaborations among network operators and their partners, suppliers and customers in defending against telecom cybersecurity, how regulators could promote local telecom industry’s cybersecurity development, and the role that cybersecurity plays in safeguarding critical information infrastructure and the digital economy, among other topics. Dr Tural Mammadov, director of the Azerbaijan Computer Emergency Response Center (CERT), was joined in the panel by Dr Mohammad Khaled, director – Business Development and Strategic projects, e& enterprise, Dr Haitham Hilal Al Hajri, senior executive – Cybersecurity Projects, Oman National CERT, Dr Elvin Balajanov, chairman of the Board, Azerbaijan Cybersecurity Organization Association and Dr Aloysius Cheang, chief security officer, Huawei Middle East and Central Asia. The telecom