{"id":65184,"date":"2026-06-17T19:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/65184\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:40:37","slug":"nec-bae-systems-partner-on-japan-cyber-defense-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/65184\/","title":{"rendered":"NEC, BAE Systems Partner on Japan Cyber Defense Capabilities\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dronefront.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsAppVideo2026-05-15at09.23.58.gif\" alt=\"The Drone Front\" width=\"1280\" height=\"539\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese technology company NEC Corporation and UK-based BAE Systems have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baesystems.com\/en\/article\/bae-systems-and-nec-sign-mou-to-strengthen-japans-active-cyber-defence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">signed<\/a> an agreement to cooperate on cyber defense capabilities for the Japanese government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two companies plan to combine BAE Systems\u2019 experience in cyber defense operations with NEC\u2019s expertise in domestic technology integration and its knowledge of Japan\u2019s cybersecurity framework.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement also includes plans to explore broader industry collaborations involving cybersecurity and national security stakeholders from both countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLike many nations, we\u2019ve seen a rise in cyber attacks against national authorities and critical infrastructure. This is a trend which requires a proactive response,\u201d stated Noboru Nakatani, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer, NEC Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic Cyber Partnership<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent agreement builds on the Japan-UK Strategic Cyber Partnership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-japan-strategic-cyber-partnership\/uk-japan-strategic-cyber-partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> by the two governments in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the framework, London and Tokyo seek to deepen cooperation on cyber threat intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, supply chain security, and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also provides mechanisms for coordinating responses to major cyber incidents and advancing joint positions on international cyber policy and norms.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Active Cyber Defense Strategy<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As attention to cyber defense grows worldwide, Tokyo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.go.jp\/eng\/pdf\/policy\/kihon-s\/cs_strategy2025_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">adopted<\/a> its Active Cyber Defense strategy in 2025, marking a shift from a predominantly defensive cybersecurity posture to a more proactive approach to countering cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy is built around three pillars: closer public-private cooperation, expanded use of communications data to identify the sources of cyberattacks, and the introduction of measures allowing government agencies to access and neutralize malicious infrastructure used by attackers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is designed to help authorities identify, attribute, and counter sophisticated cyber operations, particularly those conducted by foreign state-backed actors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Japanese technology company NEC Corporation and UK-based BAE Systems have signed an agreement to cooperate on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21224],"tags":[21234,8160,8983,1867,411,6],"class_list":["post-65184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bae","tag-bae","tag-bae-systems","tag-cyber","tag-cyber-attacks","tag-japan","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116767150889583456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}