The award recognizes CMC Telecom's contributions in the field of security and affirms the company's pioneering position in building safe, modern and sustainable digital infrastructure for businesses.

Prestigious award for digital technology and infrastructure

Considered the “Oscar of Asian digital infrastructure”, the Asian Telecom Awards is a prestigious regional award, held annually for over 20 years, honoring digital infrastructure enterprises with breakthrough contributions in technology development, digital infrastructure and cyber security. The award brings together the world’s leading telecommunications and technology corporations and enterprises such as China Telecom (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd, EY, KDDI Digital Life Corporation, Singtel,…

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CMC Telecom representative received the Cybersecurity Initiative of the Year award at Asia Telecom Award 2025. Photo: CMC Telecom

Previously, in 2023, CMC Telecom won the double award of Cloud Initiative of the Year and Infrastructure Initiative of the Year. This year, CMC Telecom represented Vietnam to win the Cybersecurity Initiative of the Year award.

CMC Telecom pioneers in network security and secure digital infrastructure

With the philosophy of “Your Data - We Care”, CMC Telecom always considers information safety and security as an important foundation for the sustainable development of the enterprise. In the context of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks, CMC Telecom has proactively deployed advanced cyber security initiatives, helping enterprises prevent and respond to threats in the digital space.

According to CMC Telecom, the cybersecurity initiative that helped CMC Telecom win the award is a multi-layered security model integrated on a cloud computing platform, helping businesses proactively protect digital infrastructure against DDoS attacks, ransomware and data intrusion risks. CMC Telecom's security system is deployed according to the Security by Design model, combining AI, Big Data, Zero Trust, CNAPP... to enhance the ability to detect and prevent cyber attacks in real time with a proactive defense philosophy to promptly respond to unusual security incidents.

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Asian Telecom Award 2025 Cup awarded to CMC Telecom. Photo: CMC Telecom

In 2024, CMC Telecom deployed the Comprehensive Operation Center (COC) - a pioneering model in Vietnam that integrates comprehensive and unified monitoring and protection of digital infrastructure for businesses, including Telecommunications Network, Data Center, Cloud and Security.

CMC Security's multi-layered security ecosystem helps customers detect and prevent cyber attacks at many levels, from data protection, network traffic monitoring to secure access management.

CMC Telecom's information security experts possess prestigious international certificates such as CISM, CISSP. CRISC, CHFI, CREST, OSEP, OSWE, CPSA, Fortinet FCF, Checkpoint (CCSA, CCSE, CCTE) ... along with a long history of discovering security vulnerabilities and continuously appearing in Apple's Hall of Fame.

In addition, CMC Telecom owns a full set of 3 Uptime Tier III certifications for Data Center, PCI DSS certification for financial data security, SOC Type 2 certification ensures that CMC Telecom complies with strict regulations on 5 principles: security, availability, processing integrity, data security and privacy. CMC Telecom Data Center is the first DC to be certified with Level 4 Information System Security, the highest level for businesses.

Affirming the pioneering position in digital infrastructure in Vietnam

Being the only representative of Vietnam to win the Cybersecurity Initiative of the Year award at the Asian Telecom Awards 2025 has affirmed CMC Telecom's correct strategy in building a safe, modern, and sustainable digital infrastructure for all businesses. This is an important milestone for CMC Telecom and a source of pride for Vietnam's digital infrastructure in the international arena.

Sharing about the award, Mr. Dang Tung Son - Deputy General Director, Director of Sales and Marketing of CMC Telecom emphasized: “With the Data Centric philosophy, data is the center, CMC Telecom considers information security not only an option, but a mandatory requirement for every business in the digital age. CMC Telecom is committed to continuing to invest heavily in technology, infrastructure and people to bring leading security solutions, helping businesses develop sustainably. Being honored at the Asian Telecom Awards 2025 is a recognition of our tireless efforts in the journey to build a modern and secure digital infrastructure.”

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A team of security experts directly at CMC Telecom's Comprehensive Operation Center (COC). Photo: CMC Telecom

In the coming time, CMC Telecom will continue to expand its Tier III and Tier IV data centers, improving its cloud computing infrastructure capacity to better serve financial institutions, banks and large enterprises in Vietnam and around the world. CMC Telecom is focusing on strongly developing a multi-level security ecosystem, applying AI to monitor and detect cyber threats, and closely cooperating with international security organizations to update and deploy the most advanced cyber security solutions for customers.

With strategic steps, CMC Telecom aims to become the leading information security service provider not only in Vietnam but also internationally, making Vietnam one of the prestigious cyber security centers in the world.

Thuy Nga