The government adopted an emergency package on Friday to strengthen cyber defense, including more personnel and expanded equipment for police and the Self-Defense Forces to carry out "active cyber defense" — entering the servers behind attacks and stopping their programs.
The package was approved at a meeting of relevant ministers on cybersecurity held at the Prime Minister's Office, the Mainichi Shimbun reported.
What the package covers
It also calls for creating a cyber rescue team that would support companies through public-private cooperation. Damage information now scattered across ministries and agencies would be gathered in the National Cybersecurity Office at the Cabinet Secretariat, where the public and private sectors would analyze and respond to it together.
The package includes steps to use artificial intelligence to find vulnerabilities in corporate systems.