ANNEX 5. DEFINITIONS / GLOSSARIES
Cyberspace-related
operators
Disaster
prevention
related ministries
Guidelines for Safety
Principles
Information sharing
Information
from NISC
sharing
Information sharing to
NISC
Information systems
IT-BCP
Responsible ministries
for CI
Safety principles
Service
maintenance
level
Signs/Hiyari-Hatto
events
Stakeholders
System failures
System vendors, which are engaged in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of
information systems required for providing CI services; security vendors, which provide
cybersecurity measures such as antivirus software of those information systems; and platform
vendors, which provide the platforms which serve as foundations, including hardware and software
of those information systems
The government organizations and ministries stipulated in Article 2, item (iii) of the Basic Act on
Disaster Control Measures (Act No. 223 of 1961) which engage in information collection in the event
of a disaster
Cybersecurity measures, which contain high-priority items and/or advanced items which should serve
as a reference, collected with an overlook on all the CI sectors, in order to contribute to preparation
and revision of safety principles
Main section is approved by the Cybersecurity Strategic Headquarters. Measures section contains
detail measures as an example.
The mutual provision and sharing among relevant entities of information on system failures
(information including that on CISs outages and any signs of possible system failures and HiyariHatto events) and information that will contribute to ensuring cybersecurity
This includes both information sharing to NISC and information sharing from NISC.
The provision of information for contributing to cybersecurity measures from the Cabinet Secretariat
to CI operators
The provision of information on system failures (information including that on CISs outages and any
signs of possible system failures and Hiyari-Hatto events) at CI operators from the CI operators to
the Cabinet Secretariat
All systems based on IT such as systems for business processing, control field equipment, monitoring
and control systems
Business continuity plan (including relevant manuals) related to the information systems to provide
CI services, and other business continuity plan
Financial Services Agency (FSA); Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC); Ministry
of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW); Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI);
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Collective term for "regulations" stipulated by the government in compliance with relevant laws,
"recommendations" and "guidelines" developed by the government according to relevant laws,
"standards" and "guidelines" in the whole-sector developed by sector-specific groups to respond to
relevant laws and public expectations, and "internal policies" prepared by CI operators themselves to
respond to relevant laws and expectations of public and customs; However, safety principles do not
include the "Guidelines for Safety Principles."
Based on the concept of mission assurance, the level at which CI services are judged to be provided
safely and continuously
Events that may cause or may have caused system failures although there are not or have not been
any failures in reality
The Cabinet Secretariat; responsible ministries for CI; cybersecurity related ministries; crisis
management ministries; disaster prevention related ministries; CI operators; CEPTOARs; CEPTOAR
council; cybersecurity related agencies; cyberspace-related operators
Events that information systems of CI operators do not or cannot perform as expected at the time of
their design
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