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Abloy attempts to modernise access
management in rail industry
F innish locking solutions provider, Abloy, has opened several
competence centres worldwide to support the Digital
Transformation in professional access management and locking. The
focus is to bring operational excellence to the rapidly evolving and
critical rail industry. competence centres in North America, Southern Europe and in the
Asia-Pacific region this year. Abloy aims to be active in major railway
infrastructure and rolling stock projects worldwide and has, for years,
provided access management solutions to critical infrastructure
customers in other vertical markets.
The company is expanding its international business operations.
The main focus in 2019 will be in the global railway industry which is
undergoing a rapid Digital Transformation. To facilitate growth and
support its professional customers worldwide, Abloy will open new The new competence centres will focus on Abloy’s PROTEC2 CLIQ
access control technology. Opening of the latest CLIQ competence
centre was announced in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
In 2018, Abloy opened its first centres in Poland, South Africa,
Singapore, Colombia and France.
The company is already known for securing high-profile properties
such as the Panama Canal, Louvre in France, State Hermitage
Museum in St Petersburg, British Museum and Queen Elizabeth
Hospital in the United Kingdom.
In the last few years, Abloy has invested in developing its PROTEC2
CLIQ technology to deliver the best range of solutions combining
digital communication and precision mechanical products. At
the core of this strategy has been the founding of a number of
competence centres around the world to provide customers with
technical expertise, professional service and 24/7 support around
CLIQ solutions.
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Huawei Cyber Security Transparency Centre
opens in Brussels
H
uawei has opened its Cyber Security Transparency Centre in
Brussels. Representatives from the European Union, the GSMA
and the World Economic Forum spoke at the opening ceremony.
Trust in cybersecurity is a major challenge the world faces in the
digital era and Ken Hu, Huawei’s Deputy Chairman believes that the
centre is an effective model to build this trust.
New developments in cloud, intelligence and software-defined
everything are posing unprecedented challenges to the cybersecurity
of ICT infrastructure. The lack of consensus on cybersecurity,
technical standards, verification systems and legislative support
further exacerbates these challenges. Safeguarding cybersecurity
is considered to be a responsibility held by all industry players and
society as a whole. Growing security risks are significant threats to
future digital society.
To address these challenges, Huawei has opened a Cyber Security
Transparency Centre in Brussels, aiming to offer government agencies,
technical experts, industry associations and standards organisations a
platform where they can communicate and collaborate to balance out
security and development in the digital era.
The Cyber Security Transparency Centre has three major functions:
1. The centre will showcase Huawei’s end-to-end cybersecurity
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practices, from strategies and supply chain to R&D and products
and solutions. This will allow visitors to experience cybersecurity
with Huawei’s products and solutions in areas including 5G, IoT
and cloud
2. The centre will facilitate communication between Huawei and
key stakeholders on cybersecurity strategies and end-to-end
cybersecurity and privacy protection practices. Huawei will work
with industry partners to explore and promote the development
of security standards and verification mechanisms to facilitate
technological innovation in cybersecurity across the industry
3. The centre will provide a product security testing and verification
platform and related services to Huawei customers
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