The “Safe” Zone and Other Challenges to Japan’s Cybersecurity Governance Efforts

In May and July 2016, we wrote about positive progress in Japan’s cybersecurity activities, such as in the area of cyberthreat information sharing, subsequent to the December 2015 release by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and its Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) of their Cybersecurity Guidelines for Business Leadership Version 1.0.

This blog post looks at another recommendation in the METI/IPA Cybersecurity Guidelines: corporate g...