On 17 March, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China issued a National Standard Announcement, officially publishing a total of 12 national recommended standard for cybersecurity. The standards, which were developed by the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC260), will become effective on 1 December 2023.
Among the 12 standards, seven are revisions of existing standards, while the rest are newly developed. The contents of the standards varies significantly, including public key infrastructure, entity authentication, evaluation framework for information systems security assurance, etc. It is noteworthy that only two standards adopt international standards in an identical manner; the remaining are self-developed. More details are included in the following table.
Table: the 12 national recommended standards for cybersecurity
