Independent Body Should Be Key to ‘Active Cyber Defense’; Yomiuri Interviews U.K. Investigatory Powers Commissioner

By Yujiro Okabe / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
13:23 JST,
February 20, 2025
Brian Leveson, the U.K.’s investigatory powers commissioner, emphasized that a rigorous screening process by an independent body would be key to an envisaged “active cyber defense” system in Japan, during an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun in late January.
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