Pre-reading questions:
- What is your opinion about cyber attacks?
- How can you keep information safe online?
Companies receive help from Tokyo police to fight against cyber crimes. MPD’s Public Safety Bureau covered about 100 companies whose offices – such as railways operators, airlines, financial institutions, telecommunication services – situate around Tokyo. Participating companies possess key infrastructure and advanced technology.
Information gathered will be analyzed by a special investigation unit. Those data will then be placed in a secure and private server so companies can retrieve it. This is to help them have time to take precautionary measures should they experience possible attacks in the future.
Vocabulary:
bureau – office or department
infrastructure – the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities
situate – located
retrieve – get or find
precautionary measure – an action taken to avoid a dangerous or undesirable event
Comprehension Questions:
- What do participating companies have in common?
- How many companies are covered by the project?
- Who will analyze the information gathered?
- What will they do with the information gathered?
- Who’s helping the companies fight against cyber crime?
Express Your Opinion:
- Do you think cyber-attacks pose a serious threat?
- What are other ways companies can do to fight cyber crime?
- Are cyber attacks inevitable? Why or why not?