Huawei sponsors online event to discuss cloud security challenges, collaboration

Huawei recently sponsored the 3rd virtual session of the 2021 Cyber Security Salons across the Middle East.

As an initiative of 'Forum Global' in partnership with Cullen International, the online event brought together key regional industry experts and Huawei speakers in a panel discussion to explore cybersecurity challenges faced by organisations, and explore opportunities for future collaboration.Cyber Security Salons is a communication platform for stakeholders to meet and discuss cybersecurity policies and regulations, while providing the opportunity for regional and global regulators to explore how they can collaborate on cyber defence. The global series aims to bring in new perspectives from academics, policymakers alongside key opinion leaders and other stakeholders from APAC, European, and Middle Eastern regions.This Middle Eastern version concludes the 2021 Security Salon series, after events in the Asia Pacific and European regions. The event witnessed a keynote presentation by Dr Mohamed Hamad al-Kuwaiti, head, Cybersecurity, UAE government, and the hosted panel discussion on cloud security and digital transformation featured key regional ICT leaders including Dr Jassim Haji, president, Artificial Intelligence Group; Rasha al-Abdali, in-charge director (Compliance), Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications, and Information Technology in Oman; Charbel Chbeir, council member at ARISPA, the industry organisation under the League of Arab States; and Kamal Zian, chief security officer, Huawei Gulf North.Zian highlighted the role of regional industry experts and technological leaders in cybersecurity and said: “While recovering from the pandemic, countries across the Middle East realized the importance of cloud as key enabler of digital economies. In Huawei, we are committed to supporting the region’s digital transformation by delivering innovative, secure, and safe cloud services.”