China’s Ministry of Industry & IT Tightens Control over Reporting Internet Security Information
May 7, 2009
Beginning June 1, 2009, basic telecom operators and cross-provincial value-added business operators must report, within 2 hours, the specially-momentous and momentous internet security event information and A-class and B-class caution information to the relevant authorities.
Under the Implementing Measures for Reporting Internet Security Information (Measures) released by China’s Ministry of Industry & IT (MIIT) on May 5, 2009, the information reporting units must establish the information monitoring mechanisms, raise the monitoring capacities and monitor the information within their administration.
The Measures also stipulate that basic telecom operating groups must be responsible for collecting, verifying and reporting information of their provincial branches or subsidiaries, and send such information to the local telecom administration bureaus.
(Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)
