It will coordinate the development of its cyberdefense network with the
10 member states of the Association of the Southeast Asian nations, and
facilitate better communication and data sharing.
Japan, along with the 10 member
countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), are planning
to develop a cyberdefense network.
According to The Daily Yomiuri on
Monday, unnamed sources said the move comes after a series of cyberattacks
against Web sites of government offices and corporation in many of these
countries. All 10 countries have agreed to establish the network because many
of the recent attacks are believed to have originated from China.
Under the system, the Japanese
government plans to share information on cyberattack patterns and technologies
to defend against these attacks. It also plans to carry out exercises to verify
the effectiveness of the system within the current fiscal year.
In particular, the government
plans to construct a system to facilitate communication between officials in
charge of online security in each country so they can share information about
attacks. It will also be possible for the countries to take joint
counter-measures when one of them is attacked, the report noted.
More details of the network will
be discussed at the international working-level consultation on information
security in Tokyo on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 later this week, the sources added.
Besides the cyberdefense network,
Japan has also initiated measures to counter these attacks. Its defense
ministry announced plans to create a defense force to fight cyberattacks,
gather information on computer viruses for analysis and study methods of
counterattack.
The increased focus on online
defense is because Japan is no stranger to cyberattacks. In early September,
the country confirmed at least 19 Web sites were hit by cyberattacks,
reportedly from China, over both countries' dispute involving islands in the
East China Sea. Hacktivist group Anonymous also launched cyberattacks against
Japanese government sites to protest against the introduction of stricter
punishments for Web piracy.
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