IPA IP 2020 Question 25
A question IPA Japan published in 令和2年度 10月 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問25, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
The Basic Act on Cybersecurity is a law that establishes basic principles concerning measures related to cybersecurity, and specifies the responsibilities, etc. of the national government and local governments. Among the descriptions A through D, which of the following lists all and only those that this law specifies as basic measures of the national government?
Explanation
A, B, C and D — all four are basic measures of the national government in the Basic Act on Cybersecurity.
The Act (2014) is Japan's framework law for cybersecurity policy. Its chapter on basic measures lists what the national government is to do, among them:
- •A — ensuring cybersecurity in the national administrative organs and similar bodies
- •B — promoting cybersecurity-related industries and strengthening their international competitiveness
- •C — controlling cybersecurity-related crimes and preventing the spread of damage
- •D — securing human resources for cybersecurity
The chapter also covers critical infrastructure, private and academic efforts, R&D, education and international cooperation.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — limits the Act to the government's own systems; its basic measures reach industry, crime control and people too
- •(b) — leaves out C and D: crime control and the securing of human resources are basic measures in their own right
- •(c) — leaves out D, the securing and training of cybersecurity professionals, which the Act names as a basic measure
Key rule: The Basic Act on Cybersecurity sets the policy areas the state must act on, from its own systems to industry, crime, R&D and human resources; specific prohibitions and penalties are left to other laws such as the Act on the Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access.
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