Major telecom company in Japan carries banner for NIST cybersecurity framework

One of Japan's leading telecommunications companies is moving to promote awareness in that country of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's framework of cybersecurity standards, while also boosting its cybersecurity policy presence in the United States.

Both moves fit into themes championed by NIST and the U.S. government as a whole: that the private sector plays a critical role in spreading the word about the framework, and that the framework -- and cybersecurity policy in general -- must be...