サイバー法案、今国会成立へ　平時から通信監視、衆院通過

　平時からネット空間の通信を監視し、サイバー攻撃を未然に防ぐ「能動的サイバー防御」導入法案は８日の衆院本会議で、憲法が保障する「通信の秘密」の尊重を盛り込むなどの修正の上、自民、立憲民主両党などの賛成多数で可決された。参院に送付され、今国会で成立する見通しだ。政府は２０２７年中の本格運用開始を目指す。
　法案によると、政府は外国同士や国内と国外の間の通信情報を平時から取得し分析。重大な攻撃の端緒をつかみ、警察と自衛隊が相手側サーバーの攻撃プログラムを消去するなどの侵入・無害化措置を行う。（2025/04/08-14:59）

The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, passed an active cyber defense bill on Tuesday and sent it to the House of Councillors, the upper chamber.
   The bill was supported by both the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan after being revised to respect the secrecy of communications, which is guaranteed by the Constitution.
   The bill is expected to be enacted by the end of the current ordinary Diet session, with the government planning to fully introduce an active cyber defense system in 2027.
   According to the bill, the government would collect and analyze data on communications between foreign countries and between Japan and other countries, even in peacetime. If it detects signs of impending major cyberattacks, police and the Self-Defense Forces would take steps to neutralize threats, such as deleting hostile programs in potential perpetrators' servers.
   In consideration of personal privacy, the government would monitor only mechanical information such as internet protocol addresses and character strings of attack commands, excluding the "substantive content" of communications, such as the body of emails.