The government will allow the state to conduct pre-screening to prevent security-problematic equipment from being introduced by companies that are responsible for the critical infrastructure in the legislation to strengthen economic security.
The target is 14 industries such as electric power, telecommunications, and finance.
The government plans to make a cabinet decision later this month on a new bill to strengthen economic security and submit it to the Diet.
The bill will allow the state to conduct pre-screening to prevent security-problematic equipment from being installed by companies responsible for critical infrastructure in order to prevent serious impacts on people's lives due to cyber attacks and the like.
The policy covers 14 industries: electricity and gas, oil, water, telecommunications and broadcasting, postal services, finance, credit cards, railways, trucks, ships, aviation, and airports.
Both are some large companies.
The government is wary that if the core systems of these companies are attacked by cyber attacks, important information will be stolen and services necessary for daily life will be stopped, which will pose a threat to economic security. ..
In order to maintain the effectiveness of the system, we are making adjustments to impose penalties if the target company fails to make a notification.
It has been pointed out that the battle for supremacy of high-tech technology has intensified between the United States and China, and the risk of the outflow of advanced technology has increased.