Official English Translation On July 30, 2026, the 2026 First Plenary Meeting of the Cybersecurity Working Group of the Network Innovation and Development Alliance (NIDA) was successfully held in Beijing. The meeting was successively chaired by Working Group Chair Xu Yuna, Vice Chair Zhang Xiaomei, and Secretaries Wang Bingzheng and Liu Chunchi.

Working Group Chair Xu Yuna delivered a comprehensive overview of the overall objectives, foundational work, and 2026 annual standardization work plan of the NIDA Cybersecurity Working Group. The Cybersecurity Working Group will focus sharply on cutting-edge directions such as artificial intelligence security, next-generation Internet security, SASE, cloud-network-security integrated convergence, and novel cybersecurity technologies. It will formulate security product standards and security network construction standards, carry out security technology innovation and deployment incubation, conduct security testing and certification, and advance international standardization exchanges and cooperation.

The meeting reviewed and approved four agenda items: the review of the draft submission and project name change application for Security Technical Requirements for Artificial Intelligence Firewalls (formerly Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Artificial Intelligence Security Gateways); the draft review of Cybersecurity Technical Requirements Based on Traffic Detection and Analysis; the draft review and project name change application for Technical Guidelines for Resilience Enhancement of Operator IP Bearer Networks (formerly Security Guidelines for Operator Deployment of IPv6 Networks); and the project conclusion of Research Topic on Security Standardization of Next-Generation Internet and Intelligent Computing Centers. Additionally, the meeting discussed the work plan proposal for the series SRv6 Security Framework and Deployment Guidelines, presented by expert Navaneethan C. Arjuman from Multimedia University, Malaysia.

The meeting invited Zhou Ziqing, a relevant official from the NIDA Secretariat, to introduce the standardization work procedures of the NIDA Alliance and the usage of the AllianceHub online document management platform, providing a detailed explanation of the full-process specifications covering standard project initiation, draft preparation, review, name changes, project conclusion, and publication deployment. The meeting also invited Bo Yang, a relevant official from NIDA's Campus Working Group, to conduct a special seminar on the integration of campus network construction and security, exchanging integrated construction pathways for network architecture and security protection centered around real-world construction cases in key industries such as hotel clusters, education and healthcare, and industrial parks.

Conducted in a hybrid online-and-offline format, the meeting brought together over 30 representatives from member units, including China Electronics Standardization Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute (CEPREI), China Mobile, China Unicom, Huawei, ZTE, Topsec, Sangfor Technologies, NSFOCUS, Netentsec, DBAPPSecurity, CETC Cybersecurity, Hillstone Networks, Techvalley, Telematics Security, NetBridge, Yuntian Security, GuanAn Information, Ankai Tech, China Testing & Security Technologies, APAC IPv6 Council, and Multimedia University, Malaysia.

Participating representatives unanimously agreed that against the backdrop of the deep integration of next-generation Internet, artificial intelligence, and security protection technologies, cybersecurity standardization serves as a critical leverage point for defending against new types of cyberattacks and guaranteeing the continuous, safe, and trustworthy operation of ICT infrastructure in the AI era, as well as a vital driving force for promoting the healthy development of the cybersecurity industrial ecosystem. Moving forward, the NIDA Cybersecurity Working Group will actively advance the resolutions formed at this meeting and submit them to the NIDA Secretariat to progress each proposal according to standard procedures; continuously expand the standard system around emerging directions such as intelligent computing security, zero-trust secure campuses, IPv6 security, AI-oriented cybersecurity protection technologies, AI-enhanced cybersecurity protection technologies, and the continuous evolution of security products; and drive the transformation of standard outcomes into product R&D, pilot deployment, and industry evaluation, thereby leveraging standardization to safeguard the safe, stable, and sustainable development of global fixed networks and leading the continuous, healthy growth of the cybersecurity industrial ecosystem.