IT products, services to face cyber security tests
Print Edition
THE government is set to introduce a cyber security vetting system for major IT products and services used in industries concerned with national security or public interests.
The move is designed to prevent companies from using their products to illegally control, disrupt or shut down their clients’ systems, or to gather, store, process or use their clients’ information, the State Internet Information Office said in a statement.
Companies that fail the vetting process will not be allowed to supply products and services in China, it said.
Ensuring that IT technologies and cyberspace are “safe and under control” is vital to China’s national security, economic and social development as well as people’s legitimate rights and interests, said Jiang Jun, the office’s spokesman.
“For a long time, the governments and enterprises of a few countries have gathered sensitive information on a large scale, taking advantage of their monopoly in the market and technological edge,” he said.
“They not only undermine the interests of their clients, but also threaten the cyber security of other countries.”
In China, government departments, public institutions, universities and telecom firms have all suffered invasions and wiretapping, he said.
Documents leaked by former Central Intelligence Agency contractor Edward Snowden last June rang alarm bells over the cyber security of many countries, Jiang said.
“It shows that without cyber security, there is no national security,” he said.
With the world’s biggest number of Internet users, China is duty bound to tighten cyber security measures and ensure the effective vetting of major IT products, Jiang said.
The scrutiny will apply to both domestic and foreign companies, said Li Jingchun, chief engineer with the National Research Center for Information Technology Security.
“The vetting will focus on new and existing products used in communications, finance and energy,” Li said.
China is not the first country to adopt such a policy. In 2012, the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence conducted a security investigation of Chinese IT firms.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
