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—— Protecting high-quality development with high-level security
The “Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Protection Guidelines” (hereinafter referred to as the “Protection Guidelines”) issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology provides important guidance for industrial enterprises to enhance their cybersecurity efforts for control systems. Let’s take a look at the interpretation of the relevant content:
Who are the intended recipients of the “Protection Guidelines”?
The “Protection Guidelines” are applicable to enterprises that use and operate industrial control systems. The protection targets include industrial control systems and other devices and systems that can directly or indirectly affect production operations after being subjected to cyberattacks.
What is the positioning and overall consideration of the “Protection Guidelines”?
The “Protection Guidelines” are positioned as a guiding document for industrial enterprises to enhance cybersecurity protection, adhering to the principle of coordinated development and security. It focuses on four aspects: security management, technical protection, secure operations, and accountability, proposing thirty-three guiding baseline security requirements to address prominent issues faced by industrial control systems in the process of new industrialization.
First, it insists on keeping pace with the times.In light of the new situations, tasks, and requirements under the context of promoting new industrialization, it formulates protective provisions based on targeted research, while implementing the new laws and regulations introduced in the field of cybersecurity and data security since 2016, focusing on new application trends and security risks of industrial control systems in the new era.
Second, it emphasizes the combination of technology and management.It proposes protective requirements from four aspects: security management, technical protection, secure operations, and accountability, insisting on equal emphasis on technical and management measures, urging enterprises to fulfill their primary responsibility for control system security.
Third, it focuses on practical implementation.Based on the current application status, operational characteristics, and security needs of industrial control systems, it proposes clear safety requirements that can be practically implemented, and through a series of measures such as baseline security protection, effectively enhances the security protection level of industrial enterprises.
How do the “Protection Guidelines” guide enterprises in enhancing cybersecurity protection?
First, it focuses on security risk management, highlighting key management targets, and enhancing the cybersecurity management capabilities of industrial enterprises.It proposes security requirements around four key management areas: industrial control system assets, configurations, supply chains, and personnel, ensuring the basic operational safety of systems while avoiding the introduction of cybersecurity risks into industrial control systems, thereby reducing the likelihood of cybersecurity incidents.
Second, it focuses on weak key links in security, strengthening technical response strategies, and enhancing the cybersecurity protection capabilities of industrial enterprises.On the basis of ensuring the safety of industrial hosts and terminal devices, it further prevents intrusion attacks from internal and external networks, emphasizes the security of devices and services in new scenarios such as cloud and platform integration, and implements data security classification and graded protection.
Third, it focuses on frequently occurring cybersecurity risks, enhancing threat detection and response capabilities, and improving the operational security capabilities of industrial enterprises.It proposes security measures such as deploying cybersecurity monitoring tools, establishing cybersecurity operation centers, and ensuring effective emergency response, while requiring regular cybersecurity risk assessments and protection capability evaluations, conducting routine system vulnerability checks, and implementing security hardening.
Fourth, it focuses on resource assurance for industrial enterprises, insisting on coordinated development and security, and urging enterprises to fulfill their cybersecurity responsibilities.It proposes security requirements around establishing control system security management systems, clarifying security protection responsibilities, and ensuring that security technical measures are synchronized with the construction of industrial control systems.
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Source of information | Wuxi Daily
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