技术中立:政府IT采购中信息安全审查的法律理性——兼评美国《2013年合并与持续拨款法案》第516条款

Technology Neutral: Legal Reason of Information Security Review in Government IT Purchase——On the 516th clauses of Condolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013

技术中立在信息安全审查领域体现为"立法不应有意识地阻碍特定类型技术的发展,不应在技术之间设置歧视",这构成了政府IT采购立法的基本理性。美国《2013年合并与持续拨款法案》第516条款采取来源地标准对中国信息技术系统进行了严格限制,但对中国信息技术系统的风险评估缺乏明确的定位,构成了对中国的实质性歧视。理性是法律的符号,法律的内在审查并不意味着法律具有理性审视自身的能力。政府IT采购的敏感性决定了相关的信息安全审查必须透明、公正,应当遵循技术中立的基本要求。政府IT采购中的国家安全要素必须被重视,但不能作为无端排除有效竞争的借口,标准化应当作为提升信息安全审查公信力的方法。

＂Technology neutral＂ means ＂legislation should not consciously hinder the development of specific type technology, should not be discrimination＂ from the perspective of information security review field, which constitute the basic rational of government IT purchase legislation. The 516th clauses of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013 impose strict restrictions on purchases of China information technology system, but lack of a clear positioning to China information technology system risk assessment, It constitute a substantial discrimination against China. Rational is the symbols of legal, internal review of the legal does not mean that the legal has ability to inspect their own. The sensitivity of government IT purchasing decide that the information security review must be transparent, fair, and follow the basic requirements of technological neutral. The national security elements must be emphasize, but should not as a excuse for groundless exclusion of effective competition, standardization should be used as the method to improve the credibility of the information security review.