IV. Activities Taken by Stakeholders 2. Activities by Responsible Ministries for CI (vi) Cooperate with the Cabinet Secretariat every year with a survey on the dissemination of the safety principles, etc. (2) Enhancement of information sharing system (i) Cooperate with the Cabinet Secretariat and operate the information sharing system during normal circumstances and upon a CISs crisis (ii) Maintain a system of close information sharing with CI operators and review it as necessary (iii) Carry out information sharing to the Cabinet Secretariat regarding reports related to system failures received from CI operators (iv) Cooperate with the Cabinet Secretariat with surveys and hearings for ascertaining the conditions of activities and functions of each CEPTOAR (v) Support the development of CEPTOAR functions (vi) Support the CEPTOAR council (vii) Implement opinion exchanges, etc. when requested by the CEPTOAR council, etc. (viii)Cooperate with the CEPTOAR council and CI operators with their information sharing activities (3) Enhancement of incident response capability (i) Cooperate when the Cabinet Secretariat provides opportunities for verification of information communications functions (CEPTOAR training) (ii) Cooperate with planning of cross-sectoral exercise scenarios, implementation methods and verification issues, etc. and implementation of cross-sectoral exercises (iii) Participate in cross-sectoral exercises (iv) Support CEPTOARs and CI operators in their participation in cross-sectoral exercises (v) Cooperate with study of measures for improving cross-sectoral exercises (vi) Utilize results of cross-sectoral exercises in policies as necessary (vii) Cooperate with mutual collaboration between exercises and training which contribute to CIP implemented by responsible ministries for CI and cross-sectoral exercises (4) Risk management and preparation of incident readiness (i) Cooperate with the Cabinet Secretariat, CI operators and other stakeholders in their risk assessment looking toward the Olympic and Paralympic games (ii) Cooperate with the Cabinet Secretariat in disseminating the generalized Risk Assessment Guidelines for Mission Assurance and the improved Manual for Prioritization of Information Security Measures to CI operators and in otherwise promoting the dissemination of risk assessment (iii) Provide the Cabinet Secretariat with information related to targets of studies and analyses in this policy and information needed for the relevant studies and analyses; If studies and analyses conducted by responsible ministries for CI relate to studies and analyses in this policy, make collaboration with the Cabinet Secretariat as necessary (iv) Utilize the results of the studies and analyses in concrete activities (v) Support risk communication and consultation of CI operators 34