Japan to help ASEAN conduct ransomware response drills

Southeast Asian cybersecurity training seen helping ensure stable supply chains

With ransomware on the rise, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations want more robust cybersecurity training. © AP

KENSUKE WATANABE, Nikkei staff writer

October 21, 2024 04:30 JST

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will expand its support for ASEAN cybersecurity training, helping to run ransomware drills in coordination with the bloc's member nations from fiscal 2025.

The ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre, based in Thailand, will conduct the exercises covering government agencies and companies involved in core infrastructure. A ransomware scenario will be added to the cyberdefense exercise developed by Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.