{"id":49200,"date":"2022-11-07T15:11:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/34011\/Japan-Officially-Joins-NATOs-Cyber-Defense-Center.html"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:11:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:11:53","slug":"japan-officially-joins-natos-cyber-defense-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/japan-officially-joins-natos-cyber-defense-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Officially Joins NATO’s Cyber Defense Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan\u2019s Ministry of Defence (JMOD) announced on Friday that it has formally joined NATO\u2019s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).<\/p>\n

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#JMOD<\/a> will formally join NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence\u2019s (#CCDCOE<\/a>) activities, following the completion of participation procedures. JMOD will continue to collaborate with international partners to respond to threats in cyber domain. pic.twitter.com\/hJcHVjz2rO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Japan Ministry of Defense\/Self-Defense Forces (@ModJapan_en) November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The CCDCOE is recognized as an international military organization and cyber defence hub focusing on research, training and exercises, like its yearly red team versus blue team cyber war game, Locked Shields.<\/a><\/p>\n

Japan participated in the event in both 2021<\/a> and 2022<\/a>. The land of the rising sun has previously participated participated<\/a> in other NATO-related large-scale cyber exercises.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s decision to join CCDCOE was originally announced<\/a> in January 2018 by the late prime minister Shinz\u014d Abe.<\/p>\n

At the time, CCDCOE director Merle Maigre said Japan joining the center would be \u201ca concrete step forward signalling the commitment in cyber defence cooperation between like-minded nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Japan is also reportedly<\/a> cozying up to the US for a next-generation semiconductor research collaboration, and bringing $2.4 billion with it. The two countries will seek to develop 2-nanometer manufacturing processes. Participating companies in each country are not yet announced.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the US was said to be working on an agreement<\/a> for companies in the Netherlands and Japan to restrict sales of semiconductor equipment to China. The Netherlands is the home to ASML, one of the largest suppliers of lithography systems for chip manufacturing in the world, while Canon in Japan is just one of the companies there building similar equipment.<\/p>\n