RISK & RESILIENCE Also, more Japanese victims choose not to pay a ransom to criminal groups than other countries. Yukimi Sohta, Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist at Proofpoint, analyses that companies tend to back up more in Japan prone to many natural disasters – the Japanese culture discourages organisations to provide payoff to criminals and Japanese cyber insurance does not cover ransom payment.
Q. HOW DO REGIONAL GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS 5G AND QUANTUM COMPUTING SHAPE JAPAN’ S NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PRIORITIES AND PUBLIC – PRIVATE COLLABORATION?
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