The Eighth Workshop on Forward Issue on Information Security Law themed “Information Security Law in Post-Prism World”, co-hosted by Shaanxi Province Society of Information Security Law and XJTU Research Center for Information Security Law, was successfully convened at the Center on September 5, 2013.

At the workshop, Ming YAN, Director of Computer Security Professional Committee of China Computer Federation, Xiaohong SHI, Vice-President of Qihoo 360, Yujun CAO, senior Analyst of IBM, Congcong CUI, Associate Professor of BUPT, Doctor Lixin ZHU, Lecturer of AFEU of PLA, and Doctor Ting FANG of the Center for Information Security Law delivered keynote speeches. Professor Minhu MA, Chairman of Shaanxi Province Society of Information Security Law and Director of Research Center for Information Security Law made a concluding speech, holding that we are supposed to view the Prism calmly and rationally and come to recognize and understand Internet sovereignty, not to switch and kidnap the concept of national security.
The workshop was attended by many other scholars and specialists, such as Zicheng LIU, Vice-Chairman of Shaanxi Province Society of Law, Qingli WEI, Director of Research Department of Shaanxi Province Society of Law, Kezhen ZHANG from the Division of Law Enforcement Supervision of Political and Judiciary Commission of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, Heli ZHAO, full-time member of Judicial Committee of Shaanxi Provincial Higher People’s Court and Kai CHEN, Director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Group.