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ARTICLE · 04 DECEMBER 2019

Classified Protection And China's Cybersecurity Law

Compliance can be both an obligation and a privilege. Obligation means the basic requirements that have to be met, any shortcomings in which may subject you to punishment.

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Compliance can be both an obligation and a privilege. Obligation means the basic requirements that have to be met, any shortcomings in which may subject you to punishment. Privilege means the extra benefits that are nice to have, a lack of which could make you less competitive.

Classified protection ("CP") is an obligation and a privilege under China's Cybersecurity Law ("CSL"). If certified under CP, a company has prima facie evidence that its network system meets some basic safety obligations under the CSL; any loopholes that are red flagged can then be plugged up. With the obligations satisfied, the company can fend off possible investigations or punishments resulting from the loopholes in cybersecurity. However, CP does not come without "shortcomings", one of which is that you may need to store your data in China, which could be worrisome for non-Chinese enterprises.

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