Qi An Xin

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Qi An Xin is a Chinese cybersecurity group providing enterprise security products, services and threat-intelligence capabilities to government and corporate customers.

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Overview

Qi An Xin (奇安信) is a Chinese cybersecurity company built around enterprise and government security. It was founded in 2014 by Qi Xiangdong, a long-time figure in China's security software industry, and grew quickly by focusing on large-scale customers — government agencies, ministries, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions, telecom operators and large private companies — rather than on consumer antivirus software. Its business spans endpoint and network security, security operations and management platforms, threat intelligence, cloud and data security, and security services delivered by its own consulting and response teams. The company is best known for its 'security operation' framing of the market: rather than selling isolated boxes, it promotes integrated security platforms plus continuous monitoring and response services. It has been a major supplier to Chinese government and Party-related networks and to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics security effort, and it operates a large research and threat-intelligence organisation alongside its commercial lines. Qi An Xin is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market under the ticker 688561, having completed its IPO in 2020. It is headquartered in Beijing and sells almost entirely inside mainland China, where procurement rules and domestic-vendor preference shape its competitive position against both local rivals and foreign security vendors. Like much of the Chinese security sector, its revenue is concentrated in the second half of the year because government and enterprise budgets are released late in the calendar year, and its profitability has fluctuated with heavy investment in research and in its services organisation. The brand is positioned as a national-scale, full-stack security partner rather than a low-cost point-product vendor.

History

Qi An Xin was established in 2014 by Qi Xiangdong, who had previously spent many years in China's security software industry, including a long tenure at 360, where he helped build its enterprise and government-facing security business. He left to create a separate company aimed squarely at the 'to B' and 'to G' market — large organisations, ministries and state enterprises — at a time when Chinese policy was pushing for stronger domestic cybersecurity capacity and greater use of home-grown technology. From its early years the company differentiated itself by emphasising security operations rather than point products: it argued that customers needed continuous monitoring, threat intelligence and response capability, not just perimeter equipment. This positioning helped it win large framework contracts with government bodies and state-owned enterprises, and it built out a broad product portfolio covering endpoint, network, data, cloud and industrial security, alongside a substantial services and research organisation. A significant step in its public profile was its role in cybersecurity support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, which became a showcase for its large-event security capabilities. The company also invested heavily in threat research and in a security-operations centre model, publishing threat intelligence and operating its own monitoring infrastructure. Qi An Xin completed an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market in 2020, giving it a public currency for further investment and acquisitions. Since listing it has continued to expand its platform strategy, pushing integrated security-operation platforms and subscription-style services, while facing intense competition from other large Chinese security vendors and from diversified IT groups. Its financial profile has been shaped by the sector's seasonality — revenue weighted to the fourth quarter — and by sustained high spending on research and on service delivery capacity.

2022
Provided cybersecurity support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
2020
Initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (ticker 688561).
2014
Qi An Xin founded by Qi Xiangdong in Beijing.

Products and positioning

National-scale, full-stack cybersecurity partner for government and large enterprises in China.

Security operations platform
Integrated platform for monitoring, detection and response across enterprise networks.
Threat intelligence services
Threat research and intelligence feeds supporting customer defence.
Endpoint and network security
Endpoint protection and network security products for large organisations.

Recent events

Unconfirmed
iKang and partners launch workplace health co-building initiative[1]爱康联合奇安信、北京地铁、北京广播电视台等启动“共建职场健康”行动倡议stcn.com
iKang Group, together with Qi An Xin, Beijing Subway, Beijing Radio and Television Station and other units, jointly launched a 'co-building workplace health' action initiative.
Unconfirmed
Qianxin launches 95015 cybersecurity service hotline[2]奇安信开通95015网络安全服务短号donews.com
Qianxin Group launched the 95015 national cybersecurity service hotline, which provides emergency response, cooperation and consultation services to governments, businesses and related institutions across China.
2021.12.15
Reported2021.12.15
Qianxin receives first-batch national security operations certification[3]奇安信获首批安全运营一级资质认证finance.sina.com.cn
China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center announced the first batch of national Level 1 security operations certifications on December 15. Qianxin was among the first certified enterprises and received certificate number 001.
2021.11.20
Qianxin and China Electronics Optics Valley sign strategic partnership[4]奇安信与中电光谷签署战略合作协议itbear.com.cn
Qianxin and China Electronics Optics Valley signed a strategic cooperation agreement to work together on secure smart industrial parks, including digital infrastructure, enterprise information technology, and technical exchanges.
2021.06.02
Qi An Xin launches software supply-chain security solution[5]奇安信发布软件供应链安全解决方案itbear.com.cn
Qi An Xin's Solutions Center announced and launched an overall solution for software supply-chain security at the company's software supply-chain security seminar.
2021.05.20
Reported2021.05.20
Qianxin and Hunan government sign strategic partnership[6]奇安信与湖南省政府签署战略合作协议finance.sina.com.cn
Qianxin and the Hunan Provincial People's Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering network governance, city cybersecurity, and industrial information security.
2021.04.27
Fujian Broadcasting Network Group and Qianxin form strategic partnership[7]福建广电网络集团与奇安信达成战略合作citnews.com.cn
Fujian Broadcasting Network Group and Qianxin formed a strategic partnership to cooperate on information-system security and security capabilities for broadcasting services.
2021.03.18
Reported2021.03.19
Qianxin and Tongliao sign strategic cooperation agreement[8]奇安信与通辽市签署战略合作协议finance.sina.com.cn
Qianxin and the Tongliao municipal government signed a strategic cooperation agreement to work together on cybersecurity industry initiatives in Tongliao, including building a digital economy cybersecurity industrial park.
2021.03.04
Reported2021.03.04
Alibaba Cloud and Qianxin announce strategic cooperation[9]阿里云与奇安信宣布战略合作finance.sina.com.cn
Alibaba Cloud and Qianxin announced strategic cooperation focused on cloud security in key industries, with further collaboration across industrial IoT, emergency response and attack-and-defense exercises, and technology, products, markets and capital.
2021.01.04
Reported2021.01.04
Tencent Security and Qi An Xin form strategic partnership[10]腾讯安全与奇安信达成战略合作finance.sina.com.cn
Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) and Qi An Xin signed an agreement to cooperate in the information security market, including security technology innovation, product development, and services for multiple industries.

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