- To ensure human resources development programs such as training and seminars are implemented widely across society as part of such efforts, the national government and related agencies and organizations will conduct awareness-raising activities to stimulate demand. In addition, the national government will provide pioneering and fundamental programs, while also working to form and develop a market by matching supply and demand with respect to human resources development programs through a system in which a certain level of quality can be ensured and expected from the perspective of the user. These efforts will be accompanied by a focus on a foundation and environment for human resources development provided by the private sector, as well as “mutual help” initiatives through local community building. (ii) Creating an environment where IT and security personnel can play an active role - Digital transformation has seen an accompanying rise in the digitalization of work, network connection of products, development of digital services, and coordination between digital services. As a result, new development, monitoring, and response practices will become necessary, and the concept of security by design will become even more important in the future. Therefore, we will consider these trends and the even distribution of human resources as we promote practices related to building functions and securing and developing IT and security personnel inside companies and organizations. - In terms of job opportunities for these human resources, we will see increasing use of alternative forms of employment such as secondary and concurrent employment, as well as a greater number of positions for digital transformation work at government agencies. To advance “DX with Cybersecurity” as a society-wide effort, we need to tackle it as a two-pronged approach. First, we need to ensure companies and organizations to conduct practices for building appropriate development, monitoring, and response functions tailored to the digitalization of work, products, and services. Then, we also need to create an environment that promotes the mobility and matching opportunities of IT and security personnel using the diversification of workstyles and employment patterns and the advancement of digital transformation as opportunities. Accordingly, we will actively share examples of practices suited to the new age as leading practices, and we will facilitate implementation by providing networks and knowhow that will serve as a reference in practice. (2) Addressing increasingly sophisticated and complex threats - We are seeing greater numbers of sophisticated and complex cyberattacks, including those targeting industrial control systems, and as supply chains become increasingly complex and globalized, risks are growing as well. Against this background, developing human resources equipped with practical skills for handling such risks and attacks has become more important than ever. 35