### 3. Information security initiatives in Japan

## (1) Creation of new information security strategy

As the environment surrounding Japan’s information security has rapidly changed with progress being made in the fusion or integration of cyber and real spaces, cyber space risks have expanded, dispersed and become global. Given the serious environmental changes, the Information Security Policy Conference in June 2013 decided a cyber security strategy calling for realizing a cyber security-oriented country by building a world-leading resilient, vigorous cyber space to ensure national security and crisis management, social and economic development and the people’s safety and security.

## (2) Consultations with foreign countries and regions on information security

Japan has vigorously discussed the possibility of bilateral information exchange and cooperation, and other topics at bilateral meetings with foreign countries and regions (the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India) on information security.

## (3) MIC initiatives

### a. Initiating Information Security Advisory Board

In order to receive advice from experts to allow the public and private sectors to effectively address rapidly changing information security challenges and contribute to Japan's economic growth, the MIC initiated the Information Security Advisory Board in March 2013 to consider a future information security policy. In April, it compiled a proposal on the MIC's information security policy promotion.

### b. Public-private cooperation

In order to contribute to preventing cyber attack damage from expanding, the entire government has made information-sharing arrangements with key infrastructure operators through CEPTOAR (Capability for Engineering of Protection, Technical Operation, Analysis and Response). The MIC has promoted cooperation with relevant people for the key information and communications infrastructure and local governments and with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in sharing information and enhancing measures against cyber attacks.

In July 2012, the MIC and METI created the Cyber Attack Analysis Council jointly with four relevant organizations – NICT, the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), the Japan Data Communications Association’s Telecom-ISAC Japan and the Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center – to promote information sharing and advanced analyses about cyber attacks. Furthermore, the MIC has launched measures to collect and analyze cyber attack information, build network protection models based on analyses and implement practical public-private exercises for protection from cyber attacks.

### c. International cooperation

Since any single country or organization has difficulties in addressing the increasing cross-border cyber attacks, international cooperation is important. The MIC has cooperated with Internet service providers and universities in Japan and foreign countries in building international networks to collect information about DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) and other cyber attacks and malware. The MIC has also cooperated with foreign countries to conduct research and development, and demonstration tests for technologies for predicting and responding quickly to cyber attacks under the PRACTICE (Proactive Response against Cyber Attacks through International Collaborative Exchange) project. The ministry has launched such cooperation with the United States, ASEAN and others.

### d. Diffusion and enlightenment

As smartphone, SNS, wireless LAN and other new information and communications services have penetrated into society, fraudulent and other actions to take advantage of these services have caused damage. Therefore, it is important for each service user to understand the characteristics of these services and acquire knowledge for their safe and secure use (information security literacy).

Since FY2003, the MIC has operated the Information Security Website for the People where information security knowledge is explained in an easy-to-understand manner. Based on the latest trends of services and threats to information security, the MIC renewed the website in April 2013.

As for wireless LAN services that have been grow-

ingly used, information theft and other security cha-

lenges have been reported. In response, the MIC has

drafted and published a guidebook for promoting the

safe, secure use of wireless LAN services.

## Section 3 R&D to promote ICT innovation

### 1. Present situation and challenges for innovation creation

Innovations can be divided into two categories – “sustainable innovations” through the improvement of traditional products and services, and “disruptive innovations” for destroying values of traditional products and services. At the same time, innovations are divided into two groups by approach – “product innovations” to develop new products for their differentiation and “process innovations” to implement new processes for the differ-