Appeal for Opinions on “List of Recommendable Cryptographic Techniques for Procurement Activities by Japan e-Government (CRYPTREC Ciphers List)” (draft)

1. Subject of the appeal for opinions

     “List of Recommendable Cryptographic Techniques for Procurement Activities by Japan e-Government (CRYPTREC Ciphers List)” “draft”
    

2. Outline

     The MIC and the METI officially announced cryptographic techniques which were judged to have excellence in security and implementability as a result of objective evaluations made by CRYPTREC as the “e-Government Recommended Ciphers List” on February 20, 2003. This List includes ciphers selected from a viewpoint of secure use for at least ten years after its formulation. On the other hand, analysis techniques and attacking techniques against ciphers have been upgraded and the development of new cryptographic techniques has advanced.
      In view of these circumstances, the MIC and the METI have evaluated cryptographic techniques through activities of CRYPTREC and created a “list of recommendable cryptographic techniques for procurement activities by Japan e-government (CRYPTREC ciphers list)” (draft) which is a revised version of the current “e-Government Recommended Ciphers List.”
      The CRYPTREC ciphers list (draft) was considered from various viewpoints such as facility of procurement and dissemination and promotion of domestic ciphers as well as security, and shall consist of “e-government recommended ciphers list,” “recommended candidate ciphers list,” and “operational monitoring ciphers list.”
     

3. Submission of opinions

Deadline: January 10 (Thu), 2013, 5:00PM
(Submissions by mail must be postmarked by this date)
Method of submission of opinions: You can submit your opinion by any of the following methods.
(1) By form for submission of opinions available in the e-government portal (e-Gov)
(2) By mail
(3) By FAX
(4) By e-mail
     

4. Future plans

     The “List of Recommendable Cryptographic Techniques for Procurement Activities by Japan e-Government (CRYPTREC Ciphers List)” will be officially announced within FY2012 based on results of the appeal for opinions.
    

5. Reference information

*1 CRYPTREC: CRYPTREC refers to a project to evaluate ciphers jointly held by the MIC and the METI. This project aims to realize a secure IT society through evaluation and monitoring of security of e-government recommended ciphers and research and deliberations on appropriate methods of modulation and operation of cryptographic techniques. CRYPTREC is operated by the Advisory Board for Cryptographic Technology and the Cryptographic Scheme Committee, the Cryptographic Module Committee and the Cryptographic Operation Committee established under the Advisory Board.
*2 e-Government: e-Government aims to realize new administration by implementing works online which are currently conducted by documents or on a face-to-face basis between administrative organizations or between administrative organizations and the public and business operators with a view to sharing and utilizing information instantaneously beyond the boundaries of ministries and agencies and in an integrated manner between the central government and local governments through information networks. Japan is making efforts for promoting online administrative procedures and electronic provision of administrative information, optimizing services and systems, improving government procurement related to information systems and promoting information security measures under the cooperation among related ministries and agencies such as the MIC and the METI.