China lays out glorious eight-point infosec masterplan

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/19/china_government_cyber_security_guidelines/

By Phil Muncaster
The Register
19th July 2012

The Chinese government has released sweeping new information security 
guidelines designed to enable public and private bodies to protect 
themselves more effectively against new cyber threats.

The State Council’s long list of recommendations spans just about every 
conceivable aspect of information security, painting a picture of a 
nation under siege from attackers and increasingly vulnerable thanks to 
its reliance on the internet.

It points to the need to better secure “energy, transport, finance and 
other fields of the national economy” as well as government departments.

On the government side, the guidelines include more auditing, security 
reporting and monitoring and a pledge to “reduce the number of internet 
connection points” – presumably to isolate highly classified data on 
specific machines.

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