China: National Cybersecurity Standardisation Technical Committee closes consultation on draft national standard for cybersecurity technology methods for visual representation of cyberspace security

On 12 April 2026, the National Cybersecurity Standardisation Technical Committee (TC260) closes the public consultation on the draft national standard Cybersecurity Technology — Methods for Visual Representation of Cyberspace Security. The draft sets out principles, content, and methods for the visual representation of cyberspace security and establishes a framework covering cyberspace elements, cyberspace relationships, cybersecurity incidents, and cybersecurity operations. The standard would apply to network operators and network service providers conducting cybersecurity situational awareness, threat intelligence analysis, incident response, and the construction of comprehensive cybersecurity prevention and control systems. The draft addresses visualisation methods including basic graphic symbols, map-based representation methods, and visualisation primitives, covering two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms such as topology diagrams, heat maps, time-axis diagrams, Sankey diagrams, and situational aggregation diagrams. The draft references GB/T 20986-2023, GB/T 24355-2023, GB/T 35764-2017, and GB/T 46902-2025.