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Nederlandse cyber security delegatie bezoekt Japan
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Aan de vooravond van de Cyberconferentie GCCS in Den Haag reisde een delegatie
Nederlandse cyberexperts af naar Japan. Doel: samenwerken aan cybersecurity-oplossingen
voor kritieke infrastructuur. Gedurende twee (!) weken werd een keur aan Multinationale
ondernemingen (o.a. Toshiba, NEC, NTT Communication) en kennisinstellingen (o.a. Tokyo
University) bezocht. Een geslaagd bezoek met high-tech matchmaking van hoge kwaliteit.
Concreet resultaat: deuren geopend bij key-players, waardoor nieuwe kansen voor
onderzoeks- en commerciele samenwerking. In November staat een follow-up missie naar
Japan gepland.
Summary
A Dutch cyber security delegation visited Japan from March 29 - April 4, 2015. Focus was on
cybersecurity solutions to secure critical infrastructures. The delegation was joined by
Alliander, ENCS, SecurityMatters and Redsocks, coordinated by RVO and arranged by the
office of the Innovation Counsellor at the Netherlands Embassy Tokyo. The programme
included quality visits and meetings with companies, governmental organizations and
universities in the field of cyber security. All of them were very fruitful and successful.
Influenced by this positive result, we will plan a follow-up visit - of larger size (appx 20
participants) – on cyber security to Japan in November 2015. Please contact the authors for
more information.
Japan-Netherlands collaboration on cybersecurity
The Hague-based ENCS (European Network for Cyber Security) and the Japanese association
CSSC (Control System Security Center) signed an LoI on October 2014 in Tokyo, which was
joined by EZ Minister Henk Kamp during the State Visit to Japan (Fig. 1). (1-2) For further
collaborations including the follow-ups based on the LoI, the cyber security delegation to
Japan was planned and realized on March 29 - April 4, 2015. The delegation members Alliander, ENCS, and the SME companies SecurityMatters and Redsocks - had visits and
meetings with Japan’s National center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity,
Minitry for Economy Trade and Industry, CSSC, Tokyo Electric Power Company, LAC, NEC,
NTT Communications, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering, Nara
Institute of Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, and others. Without exception,
these visits were fruitful and successful, with follow-up assured. On the research front, ENCS
extended its visit to have bilateral meetings with knowledge institutes AIST, Nagoya Institute
of Technology, , NICT, CSSC testbeds, as well as visits to companies Tokyo Gas, JAB, NTT
Data and SECOM Trust Systems. Inspired by all the positive receptions and discussions, the
next large-sized cyber security mission to Japan will be planned for November 2015.
-----NOST Tokyo | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
3-6-3 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan | T:+81-3-5776-5510 | F:+81-3-5776-5534 | mail@nost.jp
Figure 1. Signing ceremony between ENCS and CSSC, joined by Prof. Shin (CSSC
president), Mr. Tomita (METI DG), Henk Kamp(EZ Minister), Jouke
Eikelboom(ENCS Managing Director) (source: ENCS)
Sources:
1) CSSC and ENCS Announce Increased Collaboration with Signing of New Cooperative
Agreement
2) CSSC
-----NOST Tokyo | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
3-6-3 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan | T:+81-3-5776-5510 | F:+81-3-5776-5534 | mail@nost.jp