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Personal Information Security Specification –
Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China
Data Privacy Mandates in China

Thales helps organizations address the requirements on the Personal Information Protection Law.

Personal Information Security Specification – Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China

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The Standardization Administration of China (SAC) joined with the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) to issue GB/T 35273-2020 《信息安全技术 个人信息安全规范》, or “Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification,” which came into effect on October 1, 2020. This 2020 Specification replaced GB/T 35273-2017, which had been in effect since 2017.

The 2020 Specification updates and refines the guidelines outlined in the 2017 Personal Information Security Specification. The 2020 Specification is not mandatory but is recommended guidelines that reinforce the law, which explains and reinforces China’s 2017 Cybersecurity Law. Though the 2020 Specification is not enforceable by law, the Chinese government uses these standards to evaluate an entity’s compliance with China’s legal guidelines and regulations.

Thales enables organizations to align Personal Information Security Specification (PISS) while reducing risk, complexity, and cost in part through:

  • Access control
  • Encryption, tokenization and cryptographic key management
  • Security intelligence logs
  • Regulation
  • Compliance

Regulation Summary

Personal Information Security Specification (PISS) – Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China focuses on the security issues of personal information, and standardizes information controllers’ behaviors at various stages of information processing, including the collection, storage, use, sharing, transfer and public disclosure.

Objective

To stem the illegal collection, abuse and leakage of personal information and protect the legitimate rights and interests of individuals and public interests to the greatest extent possible.

Thales CPL helps organizations comply with The Personal Information Security Specification (PISS) – Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China through:

  • Access control to ensure only authenticated users have access to your systems and data
  • Encryption, tokenization and cryptographic key management to ensure that if data is stolen, it will be meaningless and useless to cybercriminals
  • Security intelligence logs to identify irregular access patterns and breaches in progress

Strong access management and authentication

Thales Access Management and Authentication solutions provide both the security mechanisms and reporting capabilities organizations need to comply with data security regulations. Our solutions protect sensitive data by enforcing the appropriate access controls when users log into applications that store sensitive data.

Protection of sensitive data at rest

  • Granular privileged access controls
  • Separation of privileged access users and sensitive user data
  • Separation of administrative duties
  • Centralized Administration and Access Controls

Protecting Sensitive Data in motion

Thales High-Speed Encryptors (HSEs) provide network-independent data-in-motion encryption (Layers 2, 3 and 4) ensuring data is secure as it moves from site-to-site, or from on-premises to the cloud and back.

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