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incident response

Policy & Law

Japan's Cybersecurity Emergency Package, Read in Full: An Honest Diagnosis, Pooled Attack Intelligence and Safer ID Checks

Japan's government blames this year's breach wave on unpatched flaws, misconfigurations and weak development security, at companies and their contractors. Its emergency package sets November deadlines for new teams, promises a Japanese KEV list and attacker infrastructure disclosures, and moves online identity checks from ID photos to the chip in My Number cards. For companies, it works mostly through requests and support.