Cybersecurity bill submitted to Japan Diet to bolster cyber defense

The Japanese government submitted to parliament Friday a bill allowing police and the Self-Defense Forces to neutralize enemy servers in the event of a cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure, in a bid to strengthen the nation's preemptive cyber defense capabilities.The active cyber defense bill is designed to provide more tools for the government to combat pressing cyber threats on national security. The country aims to enhance its cybersecurity capacity to levels on par with that of the United States and major European nations.Police will first be tasked with neutralizing enemy serv…READ FULL ARTICLE