- To address these developments in the threat landscape, we will enhance programs designed to develop human resources equipped with such practical skills, develop and improve relevant content, build a common foundation for the whole society to develop human resources specializing in cybersecurity, and make it available to stakeholders in industry and academia. - To facilitate the career development of these human resources, it is also important to encourage people who completed these programs to form communities and interact with each other, pursue initiatives aimed at promoting the use of qualification systems, and advance efforts to secure experts at public institutions, including the police and Self-Defense Forces. (3) Pursuing government agency initiatives - From the perspective of facilitating the career development of IT and security personnel, it is important to create an environment that enables talented human resources to develop their careers spanning private sectors, municipalities, and government agencies. Based on this policy26, we will present new measures to enhance the system for enlisting the help of advanced outside experts, quickly introduce a system that makes it easier to secure skilled human resources, and improve and enhance training, and then we will steadily advance these initiatives. - Based on the human resources recruitment and development plan of each ministry, we will steadily work to establish an adequate system by increasing the quota, conduct training and exercises, and ensure appropriate treatment under the leadership function of the Deputy DirectorGeneral for Cybersecurity and Information Technology Management. In addition, we will review and update the plan each fiscal year and further enhance initiatives. - In particular, to address advanced cybercrimes and national security, we will not only enlist the help of advanced outside experts but also develop and recruit our own advanced experts within government agencies. 4. 4. 3 Collaboration based on full participation and awareness raising - As cyberspace and real space become increasingly intertwined, and cyberattacks increasingly sophisticated and complex, it will be vital for all the people to have an awareness and understanding of cybersecurity and to be able to address various risks, as with crime prevention and traffic safety measures in real space. It will be important to have the people acquire skills and basic knowledge (literacy) and, at the same time, raise awareness and provide information to reinforce behavior that allows them to protect themselves from threats using their own judgment. - Getting various stakeholders to work together and collaborate in their own respective roles is more important than anything. “Basic Policy on Reform toward the Realization of a Digital Society” (approved by the Cabinet on December 25, 2020) 26 36