Vietnam: Classification of security grades of information systems

Nguyen Trinh

15:29, 15/01/2017

Classification of information systems by security grade means the determination of information security grades of information systems in an ascending order from 1 to 5 for taking appropriate management and technical measures to properly protect information systems of each grade. So how are Vietnam’s regulations on this classification?

According to Article 21 of the Law on Cyberinformation Security 2015 of Vietnam, information systems shall be classified by security grade as follows:

- Grade 1 means that when an information system is sabotaged, it will harm lawful rights and interests of organizations or individuals but will not harm public interests, social order and safety or national defense and security;

- Grade 2 means that when an information system is sabotaged, it will seriously harm lawful rights and interests of organizations or individuals or will harm public interests but will not harm social order and safety or national defense and security;

- Grade 3 means that when an information system is sabotaged, it will seriously harm production, public interests and social order and safety or will harm national defense and security;

- Grade 4 means that when an information system is sabotaged, it will cause extremely serious harms to public interests and social order and safety or will seriously harm national defense and security;

- Grade 5 means that when an information system is sabotaged, it will cause extremely serious harm to national defense and security.

The Government shall prescribe in detail criteria, competence, order and procedures for determining security grades of information systems and responsibility for ensuring security for information systems of each grade.

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