China issues guidelines to enhance military info security  

中央军委要求将信息安全作为网络强军重要任务

据解放军报“军报记者”微博消息，经习近平主席批准，中央军委近日印发《关于进一步加强军队信息安全工作的意见》。《意见》紧紧围绕党在新形势下的强军目标，提出当前和今后一个时期的军队信息安全工作的指导思想、基本原则、重点工作和保障措施，为全军和武警部队开展信息安全工作和建设提供重要遵循。[查看全文]

China's central military authority has issued guidelines to enhance management of military information and severely crack down on illegal online activities involving military affairs, a military newspaper said Wednesday.

The circular was issued by the Central Military Commission (CMC) to strengthen military information security of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and armed police, according to the PLA Daily.

The CMC ordered all PLA forces to standardize management of military information, conduct risk assessment and protect the information in accordance with security hierarchies.

Efforts should also be made to promote domestically developed information infrastructure, including Chinese produced software, to innovate and improve information security defense, and offer personnel support for information management, the circular said.

The CMC urged unswerving efforts to safeguard "ideological security" online and crackdown on illegal online activities, such as leaks, involving military affairs.

Comprehensive management and control measures should be carried out to ensure security of important personnel, core data and key devices, the guidelines said.

Calling increased information security "a bottom-line project" for improving combat readiness, the document said pragmatic measures should be adopted to solve conflicts and important problems.