The annual cyber security meeting named China Internet Security Conference (ISC) kicks off on August 16, 2016 at Beijing's China National Convention Center. (Liu Zheng/chinadaily.com.cn)
Qihoo 360, one of China's leading internet security service providers, unveiled a free internet bug detector - "360 real-time global networks scanning and monitoring system" - on Tuesday at the 2016 China Internet Security Conference.
The annual cyber security meeting was jointly organized by the Internet Society of China and Qihoo 360 Technology Co.
Qi Xiangdong, president of Qihoo 360, told China Daily that by scanning and monitoring the internet, the final target is to explore errors, faults or flaws in the internet to help users patch bugs.
Regarding the synergic development of cyberspace security, Zhou Hongyi, the company's chief executive, noted that the transparent collaboration systems, based on mutual trust, should be established between different governments, enterprises and companies.
But, intense challenges must be overcome before the goals become reality, as individual interests and competition raised in the industry won't let companies easily share their core data or tip each other off, let alone sharing anti-leak strategies between countries.
"But we've also seen opportunities in two perspectives," Qi said.
According to Qi, with the business growth and expansion of both state-owned and private companies, cyberspace protection providers from across the globe have more opportunities to jointly work in feeding increasing demand in the market.
"Some of our customers will purchase cyber protection products or services from not only one provider to meet their security standards and it's actually stimulating the synergic effect between the different protectors to work together," Qi said.
Another opportunity mentioned by Qi, to push forward the industry's development, is the permeation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI).
"Every parts of our life will be connected through the internet, and for some technology geeks or early adaptors who work in the industry, they are keen on promoting the interconnections between cyber security equipments," Qi said. "They're eager to lean advantages from their competitors."
Cyber security concerns in the IoT industry have attracted attention around the world as the industry experiences rapid growth and being embedded into people's everyday lives.
Another attendee at the event, John McAfee, the developer of the first commercial anti-virus program – McAfee, said as more IoT-driven devices and equipments had been connected to the internet, the threat of cyber security had become a fundamental challenge.
"When a hardware engineer making a bread maker or a refrigerator, he may not consider potential hazard on internet security, and both the software and hardware of the device are not be able to handle the challenges, which leaks many bugs for hackers," McAfee said.
The meeting will be held from August 15-17 at Beijing's China National Convention Center.
More than 30,000 delegates are expected to attend.
