On July 20, 2023, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (NISSTC) issued the Information Security Technology - Framework of Network Security Product Interconnect (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft") to solicit public opinions by September 18, 2023.

The Draft sets out the framework for building interconnectivity among network security products, covering both interconnect function and interconnect information, with a view to guiding the design, development, and application of network security product interconnect. According to the Draft, interconnect function mainly includes four categories of function, namely, identification, protection, monitoring, and disposal. The functional interface will support the realization of various functions, standardizing the communication protocol, request method and the required security mechanism. Interconnect information mainly includes six categories, namely, behavior information, alarm information, asset information, vulnerability information, threat information and event information. Information description is provided to standardize information content and format.

(Source: China National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee)