CyberSPEX 2026 Tokyo Applications Open
Overview
The IPA Industrial Cyber Security Center is recruiting participants for a planning exercise aimed at executives and other leaders from companies and organizations involved in social infrastructure and industrial foundations. The program will run in Tokyo for four days in January 2027, split into a first and second session. The fee is 200,000 yen (tax included), with a capacity of 20 participants and a minimum of 6 participants required to run the program. Applications are open from October 14, 2026, through 5:00 p.m. on December 11, 2026.
Key points
- The exercise is called “Cybersecurity Planning Exercise (CyberSPEX) for Fiscal Year 2026.”
- It is intended for executives and other leaders at companies and organizations involved in social infrastructure and industrial foundations, as well as people who may become leaders in the future.
- Applications are being accepted for the full four-day program; participants cannot attend only one session.
- The fee is 200,000 yen (tax included), the capacity is 20 participants, and the minimum number required to run the program is 6 participants.
Overview
The contact listed is the Industrial Cyber Security Center of the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), an incorporated administrative agency.
The program covers the cybersecurity knowledge required of executives and other leaders; planning skills, including organizational structures, budgets, and policies; ways to persuade senior management and logical thinking; and networking with experts and external staff.
Details
Eligible participants are department or division managers responsible for advancing cybersecurity at companies (users and vendors) and organizations involved in social infrastructure and industrial foundations, as well as people who may become leaders in the future.
The first session will be held on January 14–15, 2027, and the second on January 21–22, for four days of lectures and workshops. The venue is the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, at 2-28-8 Hon-Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
Days 1–2 cover a hypothetical company and cyber incidents, accounting for planning, company- and field-level assessments, and planning for a hypothetical company. Days 3–4 include lectures by people with management experience, proposal writing, and a strategic recommendation simulation exercise.
Applications are accepted through a web form using the external service WEBCAS. Recruitment closes when capacity is reached. Details of the exercise and application instructions are provided in a PDF.