On March 30, the 2020 Huawei App Market Security and Privacy Report was released (hereinafter referred to as the Report). The report describes relevant data and technologies from the perspective of the whole process of putting an app on the shelf, using it, and taking it off the shelf, showing the security and privacy capability of the "all-round security and privacy guarantee system" of Huawei's application market.
The report shows that the "comprehensive security and privacy protection system" in Huawei's app market runs through the whole process of app listing, downloading, installation and use. Among them, developers need to authenticate their real names before launching apps to ensure that problems can be traced back. When an app is on the shelf, the "proprietary four-fold detection mechanism" can detect malicious behaviors, security vulnerabilities, privacy leaks, and human real names to evaluate the quality of the app on the shelf.
When users download applications, Huawei App Market ensures application integrity and signature verification to improve the security of downloading and installing applications on mobile phones. Finally, Huawei Application Market will implement sandbox, memory and other protection measures during the application running stage, and ensure users' security and privacy through regular backtesting by the security operation team.
Relying on the "proprietary four-fold detection mechanism", Huawei processed 970,000 applications for apps and games in its app market in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 27%. Among them, there were 320,000 applications for blocking problematic applications. In terms of application backtesting, Huawei's application market security operation team backtested 240,000 apps and games and removed 40,000 problematic apps and games. Strict on-shelf audit and regular back test mechanism effectively guarantees the overall security and privacy level of platform applications.
In terms of product experience, Huawei has introduced the "App Security Check" function in the App market, which enables users to automatically or manually check the security of installed apps in the app market, improving the security and privacy performance of mobile phones. In addition, adhering to the product philosophy of application transparency and permission control, data minimization and data control, and child protection, Huawei App Market also provides users with rich functions such as data copy and application grading.
By the end of 2020, Huawei's app Market services have reached more than 170 countries and regions around the world. As one of the top 3 app distribution platforms in the world, Huawei App Market has always taken network security and privacy protection as the cornerstone of business development. In the future, Huawei App Market will continue to improve its technology and mechanism to protect users' security and privacy. (Visit Huawei App Market section of Pollen Forum for the full report)
