Editorial

14:56 JST, May 20, 2025

A law related to “active cyber defense” has been enacted to prevent cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The government must hasten the preparation of its operational system, including human resources development.

Active cyber defense means practices by which the government monitors the internet space in normal times, and if it detects signs of a cyberattack, it will infiltrate the server from which the attack originated and neutralize threats.

The police and the Self-Defense Forces will be the ones to carry out the neutralization. The main targets to be defended include government agencies as well as infrastructure providers in fields such as electric power, finance, and information and telecommunications.

There have been a spate of cases in which key infrastructure has already........

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