SHENZHEN,CHINA - Media OutReach -31 August 2018 - On August 13, the National Engineering Laboratory for Big DataCollaborative Security Technology - Financial Industry Security Research Centerwas inaugurated in Beijing, China. The Research Center was set up under theguidance of China's National Development and Reform Commission and initiated bythe National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data Collaborative SecurityTechnology, Ping An Academy of Financial Security, Ping An Financial OneConnectand 360 Enterprise Security Group.

Theinaugural ceremony was attended by Shen Changxiang, Academician of ChineseAcademy of Engineering and Chief Expert of the Expert Panel of the FinancialIndustry Security Research Center; Lv Xin, Deputy Director of the Office ofState Information Center; Li Bin, Assistant to the Director of ChinaInformation Technology Security Evaluation Center; Cao Yue, Deputy Director ofthe Financial Security Division of National Research Center for InformationTechnology Security; Qu Xiaodong, Deputy Director of National EngineeringLaboratory for Big Data Collaborative Security Technology and Senior Vice Presidentof 360 Enterprise Security Group; Zheng Xinhua, Senior Researcher of NationalEngineering Laboratory for Big Data Collaborative Security Technology; EricsonChan, CEO of Ping An Technology and Director of the Financial Industry SecurityResearch Center; Chen Jian,Chief information security officer of Ping AnTechnology; Li Yang, Executive Vice President of Ping An Academy of FinancialSecurity and Executive Director of the Financial Industry Security ResearchCenter; Shi Lirong, General Manager of Smart Security of OneConnect.

Accordingto Shen Changxiang, financial security is an important part of nationalsecurity. While the financial industry upgrades its businesses and serviceswith the help of information technology, it is necessary to build up informationsecurity to escort the IT construction of the financial industry.

EricsonChan said that the establishment of the Financial Industry Security ResearchCenter is aimed at providing strong technical support to enterprises,industries and the country, and making scientific and technologicalcontributions to the information security construction of financialinstitutions and the national financial security in the information age.

TheFinancial Industry Security Research Center is undertaken by Ping An Academy ofFinancial Security and technically supported by 360 Enterprise Security Group.Shen Changxiang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, is Chairman ofthe Technical Committee; Ericson Chan, CEO of Ping An Technology and Directorof Ping An Academy of Financial Security, is Director; Li Yang, Executive VicePresident of Ping An Academy of Financial Security and one of the "1000Network Security Experts of China", is Executive Director. The ResearchCenter will focus on cutting-edge technologies such as big data system securitysituational awareness early warning technology and threat intelligence-drivencollaborative disposal, and promote the development of fintech network securitytechnology through the collaboration of enterprises, universities and researchinstitutions, to help strengthen the country's financial technology and networksecurity control capacity.

LiYang said, the network security guarantee ability construction is changing fromthe static threat defense to the dynamic risk prevention, and the securitymonitoring and early warning based on big data analysis has become themainstream development trend. Qu Xiaodong said that National EngineeringLaboratory for Big Data Collaborative Security Technology - Financial IndustrySecurity Research Center will become a practitioner and explorer of"data-driven security" serving the financial industry, and a playerin the security ecosystem driven by big data.

Asa specialized company of Ping An Group devoted to fintech services, OneConnecthas accumulated rich technology-enabled financial practices, and by usingadvanced technologies such as blockchain, it can provide a safer tradingenvironment for small and medium-sized banks. These best practices ofOneConnect will help the Financial Industry Security Research Center to moveinto deeper research domains.

It'sa strategic goal of Ping An Group to become a global leading technology-drivenpersonal financial life service group, focusing on finance, healthcare,technology and other industries and areas. Ping An Technology as the coretechnology arm of Ping An Group not only assumes the Group's IT governance andprovides cloud services, but is also responsible for scientific andtechnological research and innovation, and serves as a powerful incubator oftechnology enterprises of the Group.

NationalEngineering Laboratory for Big Data Collaborative Security Technology isChina's first national scientific research institution in the field of big datasecurity formally approved by National Development and Reform Commission. Theestablishment of the Research Center will promote the research of innovativesecurity protection technologies and systems in the financial industry, andcreate a more favorable security environment for financial businessinnovations.