National Centre of Incident Readiness & Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) - Japan

National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) was established in 2015 as a secretariat of the Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters in collaboration with the public and private sectors on a variety of activities to create a "free, fair and secure cyberspace" in Japan. NISC plays its leading role as a focal point in coordinating intra-government collaboration and promoting partnerships between industry, academia, and public and private sectors.

NISC coordinates cybersecurity policy by formulating:

• Cybersecurity Strategy
• Cybersecurity Policy for Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Common Standard on Information Security Measures of Government Entities
• Cybersecurity Human Resource Development Plan
• Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategy etc.

NISC takes a role of a governmental CERT, and NISC and JPCERT/CC, as a CERT covering private entities, work together as a national CERT.