While the United States and Japan have enjoyed a strong post-World War II relationship, the two nations deepened their ties this week, signing on to both a military agreement and a similar diplomatic agreement that, among other economic and defensive parameters, call for greater cooperation in space, cyber and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
The comes as the United States and its allies are looking for ways to deal with China’s military modernization and its aggressive recent behavior in the South and East China seas.
Cyber
It seems fitting to enter into a new cybersecurity partnership following the Defense Department’s recently released cyber security strategy, which includes better collaboration with allies among its goals. The guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation call for “timely and routine” information sharing on matters of cyber threats and vulnerabilities, as appropriate. The agreement extends to the private sector as well, since information sharing is seen as one of the key aspects of ensuring greater situational awareness in cyberspace to respond to threats.
Two bills are currently in front of the U.S. Congress that call for greater information sharing between the private and public sectors, something Adm. Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, has said he wants most from Congress.
The White House fact sheet outlining the diplomatic elements of cooperation went into more specifics, naming “state-sponsored cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, or other confidential business information intended to provide competitive advantages to a state’s companies or commercial sector” as areas the two nations would cooperate and share information pertaining to cybersecurity.
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