Press Information
October 22, 2021

National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Outcomes of the 14 t h ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity
Policy Meeting
The 14th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting (hereinafter “PolicyMeeting”) was held online on October 21, 2021.
The Policy Meeting has been held annually since 2009, with the purpose ofenhancing international collaboration on cybersecurity among the ASEAN
member states(hereinafter “AMS”) (*1) and Japan.
In this year, AMS and Japan exchanged views regarding the cybersecurity
policies over the past year in the meeting. In addition, AMS and Japan confirmed
and evaluated collaborative activities (hereinafter “CAs”) including cyber
exercises, critical information infrastructure protection workshop, joint awarenessraising, capacity building and joint government-industry-academia.
AMS and Japan confirmed progress of CAs in this Policy Meeting, and also
agreed to continuously implement CAs.
*1

AMS: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,Vietnam

１. Date and Time
Date/Time：October 21 (Thu) 2021, Online Meeting
Host：
Cabinet Secretariat (National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for
Cybersecurity), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry.
Co-Chairs：
Japan (Mr. Hayashi Ryozo, Director of Musashino Institute for Global Affairs(MIGA) at Musashino University)
Laos (Mr. Khamla SOUNNALAT, Director General of LaoCERT).
Keynote Speech:
Dr. Shinoda Yoichi (Cybersecurity Advisor to National Center of Incident
Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity)
Attendees：
Cybersecurity/Telecommunications related Government Agencies of ASEAN
Member States (refer to the Appendix), ASEAN Secretariat, Japan’s Cabinet
Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

２. Main achievements
In addition to confirming the current implementation status of the 10 CAs
agreed upon at the 13th Policy Meeting held online in October last year (RemoteCyber Exercises, Table Top Exercise, Critical Information Infrastructure
Protection, Awareness Raising, Capacity Building, Mutual Notification forIncidents, Reference (Handbook), Cybersecurity Metrics, Working Group
Steering and Joint Government-Industry-Academia), participants also
discussed collaboration and cooperation among AMS and Japan going forward.
The main contents are below.
(1) Enhancing the Information Sharing Framework and the Incident
Handling Skills.
The Outcomes of Remote Cyber Exercise and Table Top Exercise wasreported, which were aimed to confirm the information sharing frame workand the incident handling procedures of international coordination.
Regarding Remote Cyber Exercise which was implemented online, weused the online communication tool for the first time, and as well as emails
to exchange the information. It was highly evaluated as a means ofcommunication by AMS as it enabled prompt communication.
Table Top Exercise was also implemented online for the first time, withthe theme of "Sharing the practices responding to a new normal due to theCOVID-19 situation," and that there was an active exchange of views on
knowledge and issues regarding responses to cyber incidents during
online meetings.
Furthermore, the outcomes of mutual notification for incidents wasreported. Also, AMS and Japan confirmed the outcomes of efforts toimprove cybersecurity in each country based on evaluation index on
cyberspace, and agreed to complete Cybersecurity Metrics activity thisyear.
(2)

Cooperation for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
It was reported that the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
Workshop was held online to exchange information on knowledge andefforts of each country under the theme of “Impact COVID 19 on CII Sector.”(3) Promoting Cooperation for Capacity Building and Awareness Raising
In addition to reporting on the implementation of Japan's capacity
building (human resource development) project in the cyber field, it wasreported that an e-learning course and new training course had been
provided for the training program conducted through the ASEAN-Japan
Cyber Security Capacity Building Center (AJCCBC) as part of the project.
It was also reported that Japan was preparing to host the online event
called "JP -US-EU Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Week for theIndo-Pacific Region” which will conduct a hands-on training and Workshop
related to the ICS.

(4) Promoting
activity.

Joint

Government-Industry-Academia

collaborative

Activities to promote government-industry-academia cooperation
throughout the ASEAN region were reported.

３ Upcoming Schedule
The 15th Policy Meeting is scheduled to be held next year in Japan（Contact Details）
National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for
Cybersecurity
Person-in-charge：Mr.Watanabe, Counsellor, Ms.Harada,
Assistant Counsellor
Tel：03-3581-3783 FAX：03-3581-7652
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Office of the Director-General for Cybersecurity
Person-in-charge： Mr. Ando, Senior Policy Planner,
Mr. Kono, Assistant Director, Mr. Nakamura, Official
Tel：03-5253-5749 FAX：03-5253-5752
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Cybersecurity Section
Person-in-charge ：Mr. Hoshi, Director for International
Affairs, Ms. Nishimura, Deputy Director
Tel：03-3501-1253 FAX：03-3580-6239

Appendix

Presiding Ministries for Cybersecurity of 10 ASEAN Member Nations
BruneiCyber Security Brunei
Cambodia
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Indonesia
The National Cyber and Crypto Agency
Laos
The Ministry of Technology and Communications.
Malaysia
The National Cybersecurity Agency
Myanmar
The National Cyber Security Center
The Philippines

The Department of Information andCommunications Technology

Singapore
The Cyber Security Agency
ThailandThe Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
Vietnam
The Authority of Information Security