
4 Major Challenges of Implementing MLPS 2.0 in SMEs
Grading is not about filling in forms — it is a “health check report” that maps your real assets. After more than a decade in IT operations in Beijing, I have seen too many SMEs misunderstand “Multi-Level Protection Scheme 2.0” (China’s MLPS 2.0, hereinafter “MLPS 2.0”). Many owners treat it as an administrative task of filling in forms and going through procedures, and even believe that simply paying a third party for a report settles everything. That thinking might have passed a decade ago, but with today’s tightening regulation…

