This article describes the information security policies and institutions of the Japanese government and draws attention to comparable policies and institutions of the U.S. government.
Tag: Cyberespionage
U.S. International Policy for Cybersecurity: Five Issues That Won’t Go Away
On May 29, 2009, President Obama released his Cyberspace Policy Review (the Review). The Review, conducted by the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, examined existing government initiatives addressing cyberspace security in order to develop a strategic framework to coordinate government action.
National Cyber Doctrine: The Missing Link in the Application of American Cyber Power
On June 23, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates established the U.S. Cyber Command as a sub-unified command under the U.S. Strategic Command in order to defend military information networks against cyber attacks.1 This organization is the most recent Department of Defense (DoD) response to the increasing threats to U.S. military, government, and commercial information systems and rapidly developing adversarial network capabilities.