Strengthening cybersecurity in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region

In today's digital age, the significance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. At Google's Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, we are dedicated to tackling the complex challenges this field presents. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies and insightful collaborations across industry, government, and academia, we aim to enhance Japan's cybersecurity infrastructure. Our mission is to provide sustainable, reliable security solutions that contribute to the resilience of our society as a whole, ensuring a safer digital environment for everyone.

Given the increasing geopolitical tensions and advancements in technologies like AI, Cybersecurity has emerged as a critical challenge that requires collaboration across industry, government, and academia. Through our Cyber Security Research Center, Google aims to contribute to strengthening Japan's cybersecurity capabilities and bolstering the resilience of the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan has witnessed a surge in sophisticated cyberattacks, exposing critical vulnerabilities: the escalating complexity of these threats, Inadequate internal security strategy and posture, a dearth of cybersecurity expertise, risks to critical infrastructure, and lagging legal frameworks. Achieving a secure cyberspace necessitates a concerted effort from government, industry, and citizens alike.
The Google Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is our strategic response, designed to implement and advocate for tangible solutions to these multifaceted challenges through a collaborative public-private partnership.

The internet itself is a multi-stakeholder system, and protecting citizens online requires collaboration. We must work together to secure the ecosystem holistically from ever-changing future attacks. With this Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, we hope to foster collaboration and conversation among public and private sectors, and build more trust that becomes the foundation of digital economy and innovation in Japan, and across the Asia-Pacific region.
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For the Japanese economy to make further growth, it is critical that SMBs make great progress, but especially for SMBs with limited resources, investment and human resources are key challenges. Google is also working to strengthen cyber security for SMBs by providing platforms such as Google Cloud, which incorporates cutting-edge cyber security technologies, and Grow with Google training programs tailored to various needs.

With the world increasingly interconnected through the internet and digital transformation (DX) rapidly gaining pace, cybersecurity has become a critical issue for organizations looking to ensure business continuity and growth. Google Cloud Security not only contributes to enhanced security through its robust and secure platform and cutting-edge technologies such as AI, but also actively shares real-time threat intelligence and insights with the broader community, working to strengthen the overall cyber defense capabilities.

When looking back on the history of cybersecurity, threat actors have evolved their strategy, operations and tactics by exploiting vulnerabilities arising from the development of digital society. This reflects the reality that threat actors have adapted to security controls by learning from defenders while controlling the impact of sanctions. During this time, the defense side has always borne a high cost, but the cost increase imposed on threat actors has been limited. To correct this imbalance, it is extremely important that individual actions expand into a collective and collaborate.

We need to create an environment that transforms the power of the "individual" into the power of the "group" and strive for its sustainable development. The Google Cybersecurity Center of Excellence focused on research, education, and policy development. Its goal is to support the building of robust cyber defense systems at the individual, organizational, and national levels, and to enhance the collective strength derived from this solidarity.