The Chinese enterprises and Cisco Cisco threat four gaps

Recently, the Chinese said Cisco threat on the Internet much raise a Babel of criticism of. According to the report, China Telecom and China Unicom 163 169 assumed the Chinese Internet discharge of 80% above, Cisco occupied China Telecom 163 backbone network of about 73% of the share. From the 169 network, Cisco occupy about 81% of the total 169 backbone network. From this we can find Cisco backdoor threat is very serious in china. In the end this is technical vulnerabilities or otherwise Hsuanchi?

Cisco China area president and CEO Chen Shiwei

Cisco China information control system?

Due to the United States in the software of the absolute superiority, the United States government to decide all software such as a Trojan horse is banned the export of. When the computer has appeared in the ” war with the United States ” the words of the document or other external trigger, the hidden program is activated, the result can be formatted hard disk of the computer or user computer files to the American Central Intelligence agency. Damn it, % dispatch finance and economics, and copied to the law – the net!

1997 — George University of Washington, the United States of America domain space policy institute scholar RetoE.Haeni ” information warfare. ”

With a large number of Chinese enterprises in the United States of America ban is in stark contrast to Cisco, as the representative of the American ” 8 big King Kong ” in China to march into China, almost no fortification. In relation to the beneficial to the people’s livelihood information technology critical infrastructure, mostly American technology and product application. This had caused the information security of our country — Reflection on the status quo and anxiety in West Asia and North Africa ‘s political turmoil, Google and other Internet companies are playing a very important role.

While in China, this kind of enterprise is typical representative of cisco.

Cisco into China after the development of smooth sailing, local governments at all levels to Cisco almost no preset threshold, and in many ways could enjoy the super national treatment. This makes this powerful Cisco feel just like a fish in water.

The Cisco in China has more than 4000 employees, are engaged in sales, customer support and services, research and development, operational and service outsourcing, Cisco finance and manufacturing work. Cisco China has established 12 business branches, and in Shanghai and established a large research and development center.

Cisco banner has been inserted through the domestic several major areas of the core enterprise, its client list includes the Chinese national data communication backbone network, China Telecom, China Unicom, Sinopec, the people’s Bank of China, Beijing city hall and other government departments of central enterprises.

” Chinese economy and information ” the reporter investigates discovery, China backbone network is almost Cisco products fully occupied. China Telecom and China Unicom 163 169 assumed the Chinese Internet discharge of 80% above, Cisco occupied China Telecom 163 backbone network share of about 73%, control 163 backbone all super core node and the most common core node. From the 169 network, Cisco occupied China Unicom 169 backbone network of about 81% of the share. Internet backbone network is the core of the public Internet, all data must pass through the backbone network for forwarding, Internet backbone networks is a telecommunications industry priority among priorities.

In addition to the telecommunications industry, Cisco in other areas is also a monopoly. According to Internet Laboratory issued data display, in the financial industry, China’s four largest bank and city bank data center uses Cisco Cisco equipment, possession of the financial industry for more than 70% share; in customs, public security, police, business, education and other government agencies, CISCO share more than 50%; in the railway system, Cisco share accounted for about 60%; in civil aviation, air traffic control backbone network for all Cisco equipment; in airports, docks and harbors, Cisco has more than 60% share; in manufacturing, light, and tobacco industries such as Cisco, share more than 60%, and many enterprises and institutions use only Cisco equipment; in the Internet industry, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, Sina and other top 20 Internet businesses, Cisco devices occupy about 60% share, and in television and media industry, Cisco share is amounted to more than 80%.

And in this long list behind, Cisco ‘s expansion continues. Internet lab founder Fang Xingdong said: “the Cisco control China central nervous system. A conflict arises, China the slightest resistance. ”

Cisco can expand so rapidly, thanks to the Chinese local government ” undefended ” even welcome attitude. Cisco CEO Chambers in 2007 November announced a $16000000000 investment in China: it was dismantled for fermentation with the relevant departments of several memos, new supply chain system, 50 by investment company and a support for Venture Company and small companies, 250 new Cisco network, as well as the ” Smart City Chengdu framework agreement “.

But many security experts on ” Chinese economy and information ” express, Cisco potential network security hidden danger, being on the Chinese government public utilities, financial, and military sensitive areas such as security threats. These potential safety hazards, once becomes the truth, will give China national security caused unimaginable damage.

Even if there is such a serious safety hazard, Cisco can still in China many key areas gets so much market share, in addition to Cisco in China in recent 20 years in the business, another reason is the relevant Chinese laws and regulations are not perfect.

Central Lujiazui Finance Institute Vice President Liu Shengjun that, due to the supremacy of the development train of thought, the local government is ” company “, is keen to capital attraction, start infrastructure construction greatly, even set foot in the areas of investment. Obviously the Multi-National Corporation because of inherent advantages for the local government to provide the needed driving GDP will power, so the investment of its will to Multi-National Corporation tilt, even reckless give more care.

Chinese Academy of engineering, Ni Guangnan said, in government procurement, public procurement, at this stage can refer to the law is the 2001 ” government procurement law ” and ” the bidding law “, but the two law on government procurement of domestic products of the vague definition.

Ni Guangnan believed that, in the past time, the domestic to the network security problem seriously highly enough, this also resulted in the foundation of equipment procurement, Cisco in the state of the system, the central enterprises system occupies too much share. Bound to Cisco, will in public procurement to enhance information sovereignty consciousness, effectively guarantee the information sovereignty.

An anonymous industry analysis, the domestic related fields of lack of technical personnel, a number of staff is not very proficient in Cisco equipment and software, even if Cisco on China information security cause damage, the relevant staff would like a without velocimetry of the police, the overspeed behavior unaware.

The source also from the technical angle analysed Cisco product risk coefficient. In the Cisco network products, its mirror image function ( need only administrators can operate, without any government control ), lawful interception ( is just to use the SNMPv3 protocol for management, and the protocol itself is not safe, government agencies to understand whether these features by abuse), DPI content security audit ( unable to differentiate traffic statistics analysis and content audit function, SCE products can include e-mail, voice RTP flow, webpage, files and other data restore operation, in a confidential department network once deployed, can conveniently realize machine secret information ” steal ” ) and other functions, are without government permission to open, configuration, effective therefore, beneficial to the people’s livelihood, in relation to the key sector, once selected Cisco products, almost equal to choose safe hidden trouble.

Fang Xingdong thinks that the government must come true and effective measures. He said: ” we must make clear the Cisco security problem exactly where. ”

In Fang Xingdong’s view, the safety problems of the equipment, can adopt countermeasure has two, first, use should be limited; second, gradually taking high security products instead of.

” China after more than 10 years energetically own innovation, domestic manufacturers of the equipment, whether it is technical, quality or price, can replace cisco. Products from the alternative view, many domestic manufacturers of the product can replace the Cisco products. ”

Xiang Ligang that should be on the Cisco some rational counter, he thought that China should establish and improve information security review system. ” The most simple way is the government introduced some opinions, such as not allowing the backbone network and relates to national security are important areas of the use of foreign products. ” He said, the United States will China high technology, high value-added products out of the country, the more common approach for patent control, anti-dumping and national security method.

In the system, Fang Xingdong suggested can use source code hosting and chief security officer system. ” May first approach used is a source code escrow, many countries in adopting this approach to information security supervision. But in China more convenient reference is the chief security officer system, in a lot of countries large enterprises have such a position, chief security officer is the company’s employees, but also by the Department of Homeland Security to manage directly, involved in the security field a large number of procurement when he has veto power. Some central enterprises or large enterprises also need to establish such a position. ”

China Internet devices ( Huawei, ZTE, Maipu, balefire, Rui ) and Cisco how big the gap were some of the interview, the expert thinks, our country enterprise in the following aspects and Cisco gap.

The first is the brand, especially in the field of IP brand, Cisco has strong brand effect.

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Second is technology, there is a certain gap. Come from S-3, I think the gap is relatively large, compared to the previous network, now the challenge more, on the technical aspects to consider more complex.

Third chip, especially 40G\100GC chip design.

Fourth is the effect of the market, this is self-evident, after all Cisco in this respect is having huge advantage.