Defense Minister Kono Visits the educational site to deal with cyber attacks July 23, 15:34
On the 23rd, Defense Minister Kono visited a facility of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and inspected a training site for SDF personnel to deal with cyber attacks.
While it is pointed out that China, Russia, etc. are strengthening their attack capabilities in new areas such as cyber and electromagnetic waves, JGSDF correspondence schools are educating SDF personnel to deal with such attacks. I will.
Minister Kono visited a correspondence school on the 23rd to observe the state of the educational site.
Assuming that the SDF system had been attacked by a cyber attack, the SDF officers were engaged in exercises such as finding and protecting the intrusion route of the other party.
After this, Minister Kono told reporters, "There are also indications that Russia has attacked Ukraine and other countries in the cyber sphere. The Self-Defense Forces also need to have extremely high capabilities, I want to train them well."