Beijing, Sept 28: Global Software Giant Microsoft has become the first software company to allow China "controlled access" to the source code to its operating system, a move that would further speed up the country's plan to construct secure information infrastructure. Under the government security programme (GSP) signed between Microsoft and the Chinese government, the China Information Technology Security Certification Centre (CNITSEC) and the seven partners now have controlled access to Microsoft Windows source code through the CNITSEC source code review lab set up here.
The source code review lab was officially opened here this week under an agreement reached between Microsoft and the Chinese government earlier this year.
The GSP is a global initiative that provides national governments with managed access to Microsoft Windows source code and other technical information they need to be confident in the security of the Windows platform.
China is one of the first governments around the globe to sign the GSP agreement.
"To study the source code of operating systems can play a key role in strengthening security of information technologies and the opening of CNITSEC source code review lab will further promote the study and development of China's information security technologies," director, CNITSEC, Wu Shizhong said.
The vice president of Microsoft and CEO of Microsoft greater China, Tim Chen said that to create a trustworthy computing environment is the goal of the company.

Bureau Report