Chinese technology firm ZTE opened its first European cybersecurity lab in Rome on Tuesday.

 

中国科技公司中兴周二在罗马开设欧洲首个网络安全实验室。

 

The lab aims to provide global customers, regulators and other stakeholders with security assessment¹ and audit² services, such as source code review on ZTE products including 4G and 5G, security design audit, procedural document review, black box testing and penetration³ testing, ZTE said in a statement.

 

ZTE is a major international provider of telecommunications gears, competing with Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia for clients such as mobile operators. Huawei, also a Chinese company, has similar offices in Europe that allow source code reviews on its products. Source codes, the fundamental component⁴ of softwares, are the "crown jewel" intellectual property of the information technology industry.

 

The company said the lab is an important step for ZTE to promote transparency and trust. And it will collaborate⁵ with world-class security organizations to jointly⁶ conduct security assessment, certification, training and consulting.

 

The lab would also be an industry cooperation and research platform, allowing the industry to conduct in-depth researches and explorations in security field, ZTE said in the statement.

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