---
title: 'The Buzzword Called Huawei'
url: 'https://www.ondrejsramek.cz/en/blog/zaklinadlo-jmenem-huawei'
markdown: 'https://www.ondrejsramek.cz/en/blog/zaklinadlo-jmenem-huawei.md'
lang: en
date: '2019-02-10'
description: "You can use it as an excuse for a lot of things... But uninstalling VMware Airwatch? That's just silly! Why do I think so? First, let me clarify what app I actually mean — the current one is VMware Workspace ONE. On phones it's usually labelled as Hub. I'd like to use this to point out a very proba…"
taxonomy:
  category:
    - 'informační technologie'
  tag:
    - sw
    - Huawei
    - 'analýza rizik'
    - 'ministerstvo obrany'
  '':
    - ''
  archives_year:
    - '2019'
---

# You can use it as an excuse for a lot of things...

But uninstalling VMware **Airwatch**? That's just silly! Why do I think so?

First, let me clarify what app I actually mean — the current one is VMware **Workspace ONE**. On phones it's usually labelled as **Hub**. I'd like to use this to point out a very probably outdated and unpatched ministry environment.

The Workspace environment, as you can read in the product [presentation](https://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-one.html), is used to **secure** and manage access. So it makes no sense to uninstall such an app from a phone when you suspect something is wrong. On the contrary, this app is meant to protect the network from **unwanted** influences.

The moment a user loses such a phone, it's a huge problem. You have no way to **block** it or **remotely** wipe it. That's why I don't understand the ministry's approach. The argument that this app secures access to the ministry's information system sounds fine, but Workspace ONE is MDM. The VPN client should be configured through this app.

Well, what a shame — something could have worked well, this way it won't work at all. Users are **at risk** again.

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# Who should be worried?

This week the National Cyber and Information Security Agency issued a warning. \[\[1\]([https://www.govcert.cz/download/uredni-deska/Varován%C3%AD-NÚKIB-18121](https://www.govcert.cz/download/uredni-deska/Varov%C3%A1n%C3%AD-N%C3%9AKIB-18121) 7-podepsane.pdf)\] It concerns the use of devices and software from Huawei and ZTE.

*"The use of these products repres*...

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# I got an email...

It said the following,

*Dear support portal user,*

*as you may have noticed, our portal has been unavailable. We identified an unknown party's attempt to breach the Flowmon's support portal yesterday. As a part of the internal security process, we took the portal offline.*

*Whil*...

 1st Feb 2019 

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