Huawei Selected as Excellence Award: Threat Solutions Finalist for the SC Magazine Awards 2016 Europe

[Shenzhen, China, April 6, 2016] Huawei has been named a finalist in the SC Awards 2016 Europe for outstanding threat solution products in information security. Huawei USG/Eudemon Series Firewalls are recognised in the Best UTM Solution category as one of the five finalists, which acknowledges superior products and services that help customers address the most pressing cyber-security threats. The winners will be announced at the SC Magazine Awards Europe ceremony to be held in London on Tuesday 7th June at a stunning new venue on the Riverside of the Thames, Old Billingsgate.

The SC Magazine Awards Europe, are the information security industry’s most prominent recognition. Winners in the Threat Solution categories are decided by an expert panel of judges, hand-picked by SC Magazine UK’s editorial team for their breadth of knowledge and experience in the information security industry. The awards honour both the cyber-security professionals working in the trenches, and the products and services that help protect today’s corporate world from a myriad of ever-changing threats.

“Data breaches that compromise people’s data and tarnish company reputations are causing mounting headlines across the globe. This is why it is more important than ever to recognise Europe’s vast army defenders that stand out as exemplars of excellence, working largely unseen to protect our data.” said Tony Morbin, Editor in chief SC Magazine UK.

Mr. Liu Lizhu, Vice President of Huawei Switch and Enterprise Communications product line, said, "USG/Eudemon series firewalls are Huawei's flagship security products that provide comprehensive, efficient, and integrated security featuring ease of use and management, refined control, and service acceleration for many enterprises and organization of various industries in Europe. SC Magazine Awards is known as the Oscar of the security industry. Huawei is named a finalist in the SC Magazine Awards 2016 Europe for outstanding and comprehensive threat solution and products in the Best UTM Solution category and become the first Chinese company that is named finalist in the European mainstream awards in the security industry. All these prove that Huawei’s NGFW is highly competitive in the industry. Being recognised from many entries with high quality and competitive power is the affirmation of Huawei’s more than ten years of unremitting effort in the security field. We will continue our efforts to bring better products and greater value to our customers and solve more security problems for them."

USG/Eudemon Series Firewalls

“Huawei’s solution represents some of the most innovative and effective security technology on the market today,” said Tony Morbin. “As attackers develop and practice new approaches to compromising sensitive information, companies are challenged to keep pace. Huawei’s USG/Eudemon series firewalls were named an SC Award finalist for its efforts to raise the bar for the security industry.”

Huawei security has been developing over ten years and has released stateful firewalls, UTM, NGFW, and APT defense system based on big data analysis. For those year, Huawei security has accumulated a lot of experience, built a powerful security research team, and established a professional security center. Huawei security are serving over 100,000 customers within 7 industries around the globe, including the U.S. Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Huawei security are committed to construct a safe connected network for customers.