China: Closed consultation on TC260 draft Information Security Technology Network Security Product Interconnection Alarm Information Format

On 3 March 2024, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (TC260) closed the public consultation on the draft Information Security Technology Network Security Product Interconnection Alarm Information Format. The draft sets out the standard format for alarm messages in information exchanges among interconnected network security products. The introduced alarm information format is intended for the design, development, application, and testing of interconnected network security products. Types of alarms which are defined in the standard include malicious program alarms, network attack alarms, data security alarms, and abnormal behaviour alarms.