Press Information
October 6, 2022

National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Outcomes of the 15 t h ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity
Policy Meeting
The 15th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting (hereafter "PolicyMeeting") was held from Tuesday, October 4 to Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
The Policy Meeting has been held annually since 2009, with the purpose ofenhancing international collaboration on cybersecurity among the ASEAN
member states(hereinafter “AMS”) 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 criticalinformation infrastructure protection workshop, joint awareness raising, capacity
building and joint government-industry-academia, and cyber exercises.
AMS and Japan confirmed progress of CAs in this Policy Meeting, and also
agreed to continuously implement CAs.
１. Date and Time
Date/Location：
October 4 (Tue) -5 (Wed) 2022, at Tokyo
Host：
Cabinet Secretariat (National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for
Cybersecurity (NISC) ), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC),
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Co-Chairs：
Japan (Prof. HAYASHI Ryozo, Director of Musashino Institute for Global Affairs(MIGA) at Musashino University)
Malaysia (Mr. RAHAMZAN Hashim, Chief Executive of the National Cyber
Security Agency (NACSA) ).
Keynote Speechs:
Dr. SHINODA Yoichi, Cybersecurity Advisor to the National center of Incident
readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity)
Prof. WATANABE Kenji, Nagoya Institute of Technology (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
and Chairman, Critical Infrastructure Expert Panel, Cybersecurity StrategicHeadquarters
Attendees：
Cybersecurity/Telecommunications related Government Agencies of AMS,ASEAN Secretariat, Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ministry of Economy,

Trade and Industry.
２. Main achievements
In addition to confirming the current implementation status of the 9 CAs
agreed upon at the 14th Policy Meeting held online in October last year
(Remote Cyber Exercises, Table Top Exercise, Critical Information
Infrastructure Protection, Awareness Raising, Capacity Building, MutualNotification for Incidents, Reference (Handbook), Working Group Steering, andJoint
Government-Industry-Academia),
participants
alsodiscussed
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 frameworkand the incident handling procedures of international coordination.
The Remote Cyber Exercise which was implemented online featured ascenario involving cyberattacks on governmental organizations and criticalinfrastructure. An online chat tool was used to achieve swift
communication and its utility as a means of communication andcoordination was highly praised by the AMS. The in-person Table Top
Exercise took as its themes the upgrading of ransomware
countermeasures for critical infrastructure and cybersecurity challenges inpromoting the digitalization of governmental organizations. A lively
exchange of views regarding each country's knowledge and challenges
was reported to have taken place.
Furthermore, a report was provided on the outcomes of this year's
initiatives to reconfirm and address the framework for mutual notificationin the event of the detection of an incident in another country, as part of
the ASEAN-Japan information sharing framework. At the same time,
participants evaluated the information sharing framework and discussed
further improvements.
(2)

Cooperation for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
It was reported that the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
Workshop had taken place as an in-person event for the first time in threeyears. Focused on the theme of critical infrastructure protection and dataprotection, participants exchanged information about the current state ofefforts in each country to enhance the legal system and put measures inplace, along with each country's knowledge and initiatives focused on
cyberattack incidents. Participants also discussed the theme for next
year's workshop.

(3) Promoting Cooperation for Capacity Building and Awareness Raising
There were reports on the implementation status of both Japan's
capacity building (human resource development) projects in the cyber field
and awareness raising activities. Among them was a report on plans for
the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC) tohold various training courses and workshops. An explanation was also
provided regarding the JP-US-EU Industrial Control System Cybersecurity
Week for the Indo-Pacific Region, an online event taking place in late
October that features hands-on training and workshops relating toindustrial control sysems.
(4) Promoting
activity.

Joint

Government-Industry-Academia

collaborative

Participants agreed to move forward with discussions aimed atcollaboration among cybersecurity related associations in AMS, as an
initiative to promote collaboration between government, industry, andacademia with the aim of improving cybersecurity capabilities in areas
including critical infrastructure throughout the region.
３ Upcoming Schedule
The 16th Policy Meeting is scheduled to be held next year