Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's package of emergency cybersecurity measures will feature a public-private cyber rescue squad, it was learned Thursday.
The government will approve the emergency package at a meeting of related ministers on Friday, in response to a spate of recent personal data breaches due to cyberattacks.
The package "will mark a starting point for shifting to a society with one of the world's highest levels of cyber resilience," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a press conference on Thursday.
According to an outline of the package, the cyber rescue squad will be dispatched flexibly to support organizations' initial responses to cyberattacks. A secretariat for the squad will be set up by the end of fiscal 2026.
The government will also organize and send a joint response team comprising officials from the National Cybersecurity Office, related ministries and agencies, the police, and the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces to organizations facing serious cyberattacks.
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