Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy

21 JAPAN'S CHALLENGES, CAPABILITIES, AND PREPAREDNESS IN CYBERSPACE

Tobias Burgers, Scott N. Romaniuk, and Cherry H. Y. Wong

Introduction: statement of national cyber security strategy

Japan released its first significant document focused on cyber security in 2006, issued by its Information Security Policy Council (ISPC). Titled the “First National Strategy on Information Security,”¹ the document sought to establish a “Japan Model”² IT environment. It was followed by the second edition in 2009 and saw a subsequent number of strategy documents, discussing a range of topics concerning information security, in addition to human resource development, outreach, and awareness as well as research and development. In 2013, the term “information security” ...