In 1992, JPCERT Coordination Center (known as “JPCERT/CC”) initiated its incident response operations for system security incident reports. It was founded by volunteers with the common belief that Japanese computer security must be protected. In 1998, JPCERT/CC became the first Japanese member of FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams), the international forum of CSIRTs *1 (Computer Security Incident Response Teams), and has continued to expand its global incident response activities since. Moreover, in 2004, JPCERT/CC was designated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to act as the coordination institution to publicly disclose software and other vulnerability-related information. Through these activities, JPCERT/CC has accumulated significant experience in coordinating response operations among domestic and international organizations.

Monitoring incidents in real time and minimizing their impact is important in addition to adopting countermeasures against incidents that have occurred. JPCERT/CC has deployed sensors to capture incident occurrences to collect, analyze and publish information on security threats and technologies such as bots used for cyber attacks. The focal point of JPCERT/CC is to provide timely and practical countermeasure information for organizations supporting IT infrastructure. This includes companies supporting critical infrastructure such as water supply, electricity, ISPs, etc., where the existence of a security incident or vulnerability can have a major impact on society.