サイバー防御法案、年内提出見送り　政府、衆院選敗北が影響

　サイバー攻撃の兆候を捉えて被害を未然に防ぐ「能動的サイバー防御」を導入する関連法案について、政府は年内に見込まれる臨時国会への提出を見送る方向で調整に入った。複数の関係者が５日、明らかにした。衆院での与党過半数割れを受け、石破茂首相（自民党総裁）は経済政策などに関する与野党協議に力を割かざるを得ず、国会で十分な審議時間を確保できないと判断した。
　能動的サイバー防御は平時から通信を監視し、攻撃の予兆を検知すれば、相手サーバーに侵入し、無力化する安全保障上の措置。防護対象は電力やガスなどインフラ事業者を想定しており、政府は臨時国会への法案提出を目指していた。（2024/11/05-18:08）

The government is unlikely to submit legislation for active cyberdefense to the Diet, Japan's parliament, within this year, government sources said Tuesday.
   Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apparently has no choice but to focus on discussions with opposition parties on economic policies for now, after the ruling camp led by his Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority in the House of Representatives in last month's election for the lower chamber.
   The government had aimed to submit the legislation to an expected special Diet session seen focusing on a possible supplementary budget that is likely to be held later this year.
   The legislation would allow the country to introduce an active cyberdefense system enabling pre-emptive measures, such as infiltrating the opponent's server to neutralize it, once signs of cyberattacks on Japan are detected through monitoring of telecommunications networks.
   Specifically, the government is considering protecting electricity and gas providers and other infrastructure operators with the active cyberdefense system.