Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Accelerates the Formulation of a National Information Security Strategy

â—Ž To conduct information security supervision and inspection in important areas such as nuclear facilities, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing

â—Ž Driven by policy guidance and market demand, the market size of the information security industry is expected to reach 100 billion yuan

During the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the information security industry is expected to become a new growth point for the information industry.

On July 27, the 13th China Information Security Conference was held in Beijing. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officials disclosed during the meeting that it will speed up the drafting of national information security strategy and planning documents.

According to industry insiders, driven by policy-led and market-driven dual-engine development, the information security industry is expected to accelerate its development.

The information security situation is grim

"Since the first half of this year, advanced sustainability attacks in the financial industry such as securities, funds and banks are worthy of attention."

At the meeting on the same day, experts of the research group of information security trend forecasting at the Sadie think-tank pointed out that as China's informatization development enters a new phase, some new areas have emerged. This has also raised new tasks for China's network and information security work.

Taking the Internet of Things as an example, this technology uses a large number of sensing nodes and may become the target of stealing information and stealing privacy. For another example, with the rapid spread of smart phones, mobile security issues have become increasingly prominent.

In response to various concerns, Ouyang Wu, deputy director of the Information Security Coordination Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that China’s information security is facing a new and increasingly severe situation. We urgently need to create a policy environment conducive to the construction of information security and gradually form a national information security safeguard system. "The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will strengthen top-level design and overall coordination of information security this year and accelerate the research and drafting of national information security strategy and planning documents."

Market demand is expected to blowout

Ouyang Wu also revealed that in the coming period, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will strengthen the information security management of industrial control systems in important areas such as nuclear facilities, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, petroleum and petrochemical, oil and gas pipeline networks, power systems, transportation, water conservancy hubs, and urban facilities. Guide supervision and safety inspection.

"As companies, organizations, etc., continue to increase the importance of information security, the market demand is expected to blowout." Guojin Securities Research Report believes that under the guidance of policy guidance and market demand, the "12th Five-Year" period, the information security industry The market scale will reach 100 billion yuan.