Cryptography is the core technology and basic support to ensure network and information security. Through the two core functions of encryption protection and security authentication, it can fully realize security requirements such as anti-counterfeiting, anti leakage, anti tampering, and anti repudiation, and plays an important role as "messenger", "guard", and "gene" in cyberspace. Today, with highly developed informatization, networking and digitalization, password technology has penetrated into all aspects of social production and life. Important networks and information systems, key information infrastructure and digital platforms are inseparable from password protection. New technologies and new business formats such as 5G, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum communication, and digital economy are closely integrated with passwords. Passwords are also closely related to people's daily life. Behind identity authentication, consumption payment, online transactions, personal information protection, property protection, etc., there are passwords playing a role. The application of passwords can be said to be everywhere, effectively maintaining the normal operation of society and transaction order, and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and social organizations.
——Ensure the security of online payment. Online payment, mobile phone payment and other online payment methods have become the main way for people to pay for their daily consumption. All major payment platforms use password technology to achieve user identity authentication, transaction data verification and other functions, ensure the confidentiality and integrity of payment data, protect user funds and other sensitive information from theft, input transaction data from tampering, prevent business loss or service interruption, and protect consumer funds from fraud, cash out Money laundering and other illegal and criminal acts have played an important role.
——Help "Internet+government services". The provident fund management department uses password technology to provide online identity verification and authentication for individuals to handle provident fund business, and electronic signatures of various application forms. It realizes the whole process of computerization of the provident fund online office hall, and all businesses such as inquiry, withdrawal, and loan are handled online, providing high-quality, convenient, and efficient services for depositors and employees. The electronic business license and electronic seal use password technology to support the online verification and identification of the identity of market entities nationwide, and reduce the cost of market entities. From January 2021, newly established enterprises in Beijing can obtain an electronic business license and a set of electronic seals for free.
——Medical and health data management of service residents. The health information system uses cryptographic technology to achieve unified identity authentication of health administrative departments at all levels and various medical and health institutions at all levels and their staff, effectively meets the security needs of residents' medical and health data integrity protection, trusted time and responsibility identification, and plays an important role in preventing fake identities, tampering with information, ultra vires operations, and denying responsibility. Especially in the fight against epidemic, through the use of password technology, the national disease control data direct report, "epidemic prevention health code", etc., realized uninterrupted transmission, no information leakage, no data tampering, reliable electronic signatures and secure electronic medical records were widely used in the medical system, providing strong support for the joint prevention and control of the government, communities and units, and the resumption of work and production.
——Support smart meters to be safe and fast. Smart meters use commercial passwords to identify power users, sign and encrypt key data of power use, and ensure the smooth development and safe and reliable operation of power information acquisition, power use control, user power payment and other businesses. At present, smart meters have spread to thousands of households, and people can use their mobile phones to check the electricity quantity and pay the electricity bill. The convenience and shortcut can not be separated from the protection and support of password technology. The wide application of smart meters has not only facilitated people's daily life, but also played an important role in supporting the step pricing policy and promoting energy conservation and emission reduction.
——Facilitate the employment of college graduates. Peking University, Tsinghua University and other universities use password technology to electronize traditional paper certification materials such as electronic transcripts, stamp reliable electronic signatures and trusted time stamps based on password technology to achieve information anti-counterfeiting, achieve mutual trust and mutual recognition of electronic transcripts and other certification materials, and shorten the verification time from the previous three weeks to "seconds", greatly facilitating the employment of graduates Higher education and other businesses.
Password enables high-quality development and protects people's lives. Since the promulgation of the Password Law of the People's Republic of China on October 26, 2019, the field of password application security has been expanded in an all-round way, the industrial ecology has continued to prosper and grow, the achievements of scientific and technological innovation have been remarkable, the public's awareness of password security has been further enhanced, and the role of passwords in maintaining national security, promoting economic and social development, and protecting the interests of the people has become increasingly prominent.
——The security field of password application has been expanded comprehensively. In the fields of public security, social security, transportation, energy, water conservancy, education, radio and television, taxation and other fields, the application of passwords has been expanding in depth, giving full play to the core role in safeguarding national network and information security. The password application in various electronic payments, such as bank card, online banking, mobile payment, barcode payment and non bank payment, has been deepened. The ID card, social security card, emergency broadcast, digital TV, toll collection (ETC) system, all-in-one traffic card, VAT invoice system, etc. with passwords are deployed in a large scale, and passwords are widely used in a large number of national and local government network systems.
——The ecology of the password industry continued to flourish. The number and scale of password practitioners are growing, and the construction of password application and innovative development demonstration bases, industry password application research centers and industrial parks is booming. The continuous improvement of the password detection and authentication system provides a solid support for promoting scientific and standardized management of passwords and promoting the healthy and orderly development of the password industry. The Market Supervision Administration and the State Password Administration jointly issued a series of normative documents to further clarify the principles, mechanisms and implementation requirements of commercial password detection and authentication. Organize and carry out the security evaluation pilot of commercial password applications, and promote the construction of evaluation standards, technologies, institutions, and talent support systems. The digital certificates issued by the national electronic certification service institutions are widely used in the fields of finance, taxation, education, telecommunications, e-commerce and e-government, and have produced significant social and economic benefits.
——The academic exchanges and personnel training of cryptography have accelerated. Cryptographic academic exchanges flourished. The Cryptographic Society of China focused on new achievements and new directions of cryptographic technology, built an industry university research exchange platform, held an international cryptographic academic conference, and released the Report on the Development of Chinese Cryptography. In March 2021, the Ministry of Education officially listed "Cryptography Science and Technology" in the undergraduate specialty directory of new ordinary colleges and universities, and seven colleges and universities began to enroll cryptology undergraduates this autumn; The major of "Application of Cryptography" has been included in the professional directory of vocational education. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, together with the General Administration of Market Supervision and the National Bureau of Statistics, released information on new occupations, and identified "crypto technology practitioners" as new occupations. The above measures provide a solid talent support for effectively meeting the application needs of social password talents and improving the innovation strength of password technology.
——The public's awareness of password security was further enhanced. Password management departments at all levels thoroughly implement the requirements of the Password Law of the People's Republic of China, implement the main responsibility of password security, improve the working mechanism of password security management, and improve the ability and level of password security risk prevention. During this year's "April 15" National Security Education Day for All, the State Encryption Administration organized and carried out password security publicity and education activities nationwide with the theme of "overall development and security, and building a strong password defense line to safeguard national security". All regions and departments carefully prepared and actively participated, which effectively raised the awareness of password security in the whole society.
To do a good job in password work in the new era concerns the vital interests of the people. The password management departments at all levels will thoroughly practice the concept of "password security for the people", comprehensively promote the implementation of the Password Law of the People's Republic of China, actively promote the integration and application of passwords with the digital economy, digital government, and digital society, and constantly build a password security defense line to make people's lives safer and more convenient, Efforts should be made to enhance people's sense of gain, happiness and security in cyberspace!
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