Japan gov't to support domestic cybersecurity firms

The Japanese government will start encouraging the growth of the domestic cybersecurity industry to reduce dependence on services provided by foreign companies.In the plan to be launched in the fiscal year from April, the government aims to more than triple annual domestic cybersecurity sales to over 3 trillion yen ($20.2 billion) within 10 years from the current 900 billion yen, the industry ministry said in early March.Japanese consumers primarily opt for antivirus software and other cybersecurity services offered by international companies over domestic options based on their track recor…READ FULL ARTICLE