In an era where organizations are driven by AI, big data, and intelligent applications, the Data Center has become a critical foundation of the business. At the same time, cyber threats—especially ransomware—have grown more sophisticated and increasingly impactful to business operations.
Huawei Multilayer Ransomware Protection (MRP) was developed to provide a multi-layered defense for the Data Center by integrating network, endpoint, and storage security. This enables organizations to comprehensively prevent, detect, and recover from ransomware attacks.
It is well-suited for large enterprises, government agencies, energy sector organizations, financial institutions, and any organization managing critical systems or data. The solution helps mitigate the risk of system disruptions, strengthen Data Center security, support the growth of workloads, and reduce exposure to cyber threats in increasingly complex environments.
Technical Challenges and Solution Approach
Challenges Organizations face challenges such as:
- Increasing AI workloads and growing data volumes.
- Advanced cyber threats and ransomware attacks.
- The spread of malware within the Data Center.
- Risks from data leakage and compromised backups.
Solution Approach
Huawei Multilayer Ransomware Protection (MRP) adopts a multilayer collaborative defense approach to deliver end-to-end protection, including:
- Threat detection and anomaly monitoring.
- Threat detection and anomaly monitoring.
- Secure backup and snapshot protection
- Rapid recovery to minimize business impact.
- Designed with Air Gap isolation to enhance Data Center security.
Architecture or Implementation Highlights The MRP solution is designed to isolate and protect critical parts of the Data Center, reducing the risk of attack propagation and strengthening overall system security. It consists of key technologies including:
Security Components
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HiSec Insight – Security situational awareness:
The system analyzes correlations between security events and provides a comprehensive view of threat situations, integrating with the Storage management system (DME). -
USG6000F Series Firewall – (Network border protection, 95%+ threat detection rate):
Helps detect and prevent network-based threats with a detection rate of over 95% (Network Border Protection). -
FireHunter6000 Series Sandbox – Advanced malware analysis:
Detects and analyzes ransomware and malware in real time to defend against sophisticated threats (Malware / Ransomware Detection). -
HiSec Endpoint – Endpoint security system:
Enables detection and response to threats on user devices, with centralized security monitoring and incident management (Endpoint Protection).
Storage Components
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Data Management Engine:
Provides centralized control and management of storage systems, while enabling integration between network and storage operations (Centralized Storage Management). -
OceanStor Dorado 5500 and later series primary storage devices:
Protect data from ransomware and support integration with network systems to create secure snapshots (Secure Snapshot). -
OceanCyber 300 – Data Security Appliance:
Detects and prevents ransomware across both primary and backup storage systems, with support for Air Gap isolation to enhance security (Ransomware Protection). -
OceanProtect X3000 and later series backup devices:
Safeguards backup data from ransomware and supports secure backup operations through integration with network systems (Secure Backup)
Key Features
🔹 AI Mega Trends Driving Industry Transformation
AI is evolving from the era of machine learning to large foundation models, AI agents, and multimodal AI—enhancing data analysis, operations, and innovation across all industries.
🔹 The Rise of Industrial AI Ecosystems
AI is developing into a full-stack ecosystem, from chips and platforms to models and industry applications. Organizations must prepare infrastructure that supports performance, scalability, and security.
🔹 Huawei AI Ecosystem
The Huawei ecosystem spans from computing infrastructure to enterprise applications across various industries, enabling organizations to efficiently drive innovation while building a secure, flexible Data Center foundation that supports growing AI workloads.
🔹 AI Infrastructure Needs Stronger Ransomware Protection
As AI workloads increase, the Data Center becomes the core of critical data, raising risks from ransomware, data breaches, and cyber threats—especially in mission-critical systems.
🔹 Huawei Multilayer Ransomware Protection (MRP)
MRP is a solution designed to protect Data Centers from ransomware through a multilayer security architecture that integrates endpoint, network, and storage security—enabling organizations to effectively detect, prevent, contain, and recover from attacks.
🔹 Built for Critical Environments
MRP is ideal for organizations requiring high security, such as government agencies, financial institutions, and large enterprises that cannot afford downtime or loss of critical data.
Business Benefits
- Protect Data Centers and critical enterprise systems from ransomware attacks.
- Reduce the risk of business disruption and downtime.
- Enhance confidence in protecting critical data and mission-critical systems.
Support security standards for government organizations and financial institutions.
- Support AI adoption and digital transformation on a secure infrastructure.
