On The Legal Protection Of National Secret Under The Network Environment

Under the network environment, information is more inclined to flow freely, which challenges the legal necessity of confining State Secret as a kind of information. From magnetic, optical, semiconductor and other media, to the computer information system and even the electromagnetic radiation, it is easy for the state secret information to be recovered for recognition wherever possible. For the benefit of nation security, it is necessary for the country to monopolize information, after balancing values of people's right to know and the public interest. Therefore, it is not only lawful but also required by the existence of polity, to take all possible measures to limit the flow of such information and cut all channels toward outside. In the world society, many countries have made Information Security their strategic policy which is a higher standard over protecting the confidentiality of information, to meet the needs of information age. Also there are specific regulations of about information classifying procedure, applied-technology ratification, personnel management and responsibilities, etc. Turning to the protection system of our country, people may discover the problems such as, weak foundation of information security, lagged technology, loose management and lax sense of protection. To solve these problems from the legal point, it is necessary to set information security as an overall policy, which helps to build technology support for the protection of State Secret. On the other hand, by cultivating the public's legal sense of State Secret protection, improving classified staff's sense of responsibility, perfecting management system through the improvement of specific behavior norms, and implementing supervision and responsibility system, the protection of State Secret should meet the requirements of law country.