December 16, 2023 at 02:48AM
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology unveils a draft proposal for a color-coded system to address data security events. The proposal categorizes incidents into four tiers based on harm level and requires affected companies to assess and report incidents to the local industry supervision department. Public comments are open until January 15, 2024.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled draft proposals for tackling data security events using a color-coded system to improve response capacity.
– The color-coded system categorizes incidents into four hierarchical tiers: Red, Orange, Yellow, and Blue, based on the scope and degree of harm caused.
– The rules require affected companies to assess the severity of the incident and report it immediately to the local industry supervision department if deemed serious.
– The local industry regulatory department is expected to report particularly major or major data security incidents to the Mechanism Office within specific timeframes after discovering the incident.
– The Mechanism Office, based on the response level activated, is expected to report the matter to the MIIT.
– The draft rules are open for public comments until January 15, 2024.
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