Guidelines for the Prevention of Internal Improprieties in Japanese Organization

Information security incidents involving internal improprieties that threaten the very business of Japanese organizations have drawn attention. Internal improprieties are one of problems to be solved in Japanese organizations. However, it is difficult to share information about internal impropriety incidents and to consider the causes of and effective countermeasures for internal improprieties among Japanese organizations. Each organization enacts countermeasures based on its own experience, and most these countermeasures of Japanese organizations are insufficient. Thus, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) created “Guidelines for the Prevention of Internal Improprieties in Organizations” which provides exhaustive countermeasure. This paper describes summary of these guidelines, and explains problems which are how to collect information and workplace environment to be hard to commit internal improprieties, and solutions of the problems.