The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT") recently issued the Guide to the Building of the Framework of Network Security and Data Security Standards for Internet of Vehicles (the "Guide").

The Guide envisions that, by 2025, a relatively sound framework of network security standards and data security standards for internet of vehicles (IoV) will be established. The research and development of more than 100 standards will be completed, the coverage of standards in subdivided fields realized, service capabilities for standards enhanced, and the level of standard application raised, so as to support the safe and healthy development of the IoV industry. The Guide clarifies that, the contents to be developed include a diagram for the framework of standards, key areas and directions, which can be divided into six parts, namely, general and basic commonality, terminal and facility network security, network communication security, data security, application service security, and security guarantee and support. Among others, data security standards mainly focus on the data security and personal information protection requirements for intelligent connected vehicles, IoV platforms and in-vehicle application services. They include five types of standards, namely, general requirements, grading and classification, cross-border transfer security, personal information protection, and application data security.

(Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)