• The NISC was established under the Cybersecurity Basic Act (adopted in November 2014) as the secretariat of the Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters in collaboration with the public and private sectors;
• Formerly named National Information Security Center;
• It has a 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.

Consist of the following groups:

• Strategy and Policy Planning Group;
• International Strategy Group;
• Planning and Security Audit for Government Entities Group;
• Integration and Coordination of Cybersecurity Information Group;
• Critical Infrastructure Protection Group;
• Incident Investigation and Analysis Group;
• Tokyo 2020 Group.