Towns to combine Internet access

The government plans to ask municipal governments across the nation to consolidate their Internet access in prefectural blocks, as part of measures against cyber-attacks targeting the local governments, which manage information in the My Number identification system.

Municipal governments differ in the level of their measures to counter cyber-attacks, so the central government aims to raise the standard to enable them to quickly react to such offensives. The central government will ask the municipal authorities to take actions to that end next fiscal year.

Municipal governments use the Internet for such purposes as operating their websites, collecting information and accepting applications from residents for tax payment certificates. Each government manages the servers it uses to access the Internet and takes its own cybersecurity measures.

However, some municipal governments have not been able to secure staff with expert knowledge or experts in information cybersecurity. The governments also do not sufficiently exchange information with each other. For the full article click here 

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