Japan - US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week for the Indo-Pacific Region in FY2020

* ASEAN member states, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Taiwan

• **ICSCoE Profile (PDF)
• ** IPA Website

1. Outline of the training

METI and the ICSCoE hosted Japan - US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week in collaboration with the US government (DHS/CISA, DOS and DOE) from March 8 to 12, 2021 (Online). As an integral part of the ICS Cybersecurity Week, Japan, the U.S., and the EU have for the first time launched the JP-US-EU Seminars on Cybersecurity in the post-COVID environment.

Cybersecurity measures are ineffective when implemented independently by a single organization or a single country. All-out efforts covering the entirety of supply chains are required. Therefore, Japan, as a country sharing supply chains with the Indo-Pacific region, launched this annual ICS cybersecurity exercise in 2018 with the aim of enhancing the capacity to ensure cybersecurity for the region as a whole and reinforcing collaboration with respective countries.

This was the third annual ICS cybersecurity exercise arranged for participants from the Indo-Pacific region (OT/IT cybersecurity experts from critical infrastructure operators, cybersecurity experts from national CSIRTs, and policy experts from relevant ministries/authorities). In addition, ICSCoE trainees, who have been taking a year-long industrial cybersecurity training ‘Core Human Resource Development Program’, also attended this exercise.

The one week program provided the participants with unique and valuable opportunities to conduct hands-on training remotely, to study a variety of cybersecurity related topics including energy sector-specific issues from various experts from Japan, the U.S. and the EU, and to share respective experiences and views with other participants.

The program also contributed to establishing a common understanding on ICS cybersecurity and strengthening relationships between the Indo-Pacific region and Japan, the U.S. and the EU that would become a foundation for further international cooperation to jointly address the growing cybersecurity threats. 

Under the vision of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” METI and the ICSCoE will serve as the hub of the world’s top cybersecurity measures based on aggregated knowledge on OT and IT, and will continuously endeavor to enhance the cybersecurity capacity of the whole region, in particular reinforcing measures for critical infrastructure. This is to be carried out with the collaboration of the U.S., the EU and countries and regions in the Indo-Pacific region, to develop high quality infrastructure and create free, fair and safe cyberspaces in this region.

2. Training program

• Program (Schedule, Program structure and the names of speakers)(PDF:162KB)

Video messages from Japan, the U.S. and the EU in Opening Remarks session

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  Mr. NAGASAKA Yasumasa
  State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• 
  Mr. Brandon WALES,
  Acting Director of Cybersecurity and
  Infrastructure security Agency

• 
  Dr. Khalil ROUHANA
  Deputy Director General
  Directorate-General for Communications Networks,
  Content and Technology, European Commission
• 
  Mr. Joseph YOUNG
  Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
  U.S. Embassy Tokyo

Hands-on Training

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Division in Charge

Cybersecurity Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau,