Asymmetric Autonomy and the Collapse of Passive Defense: A Systems-Theoretic Critique of AI-Driven Cyber Saturation Attacks and Institutional Negligence in Critical Infrastructure

【Abstract】This strategic systems monograph formulates a comprehensive critique of the catastrophic failure mode observed in passive cyber defense architectures under the onslaught of advanced, autonomous AI-driven saturation attacks. By analyzing the wave of massive, indiscriminate corporate and infrastructure breaches in Japan during the autumn of 2026—encompassing millions of compromised records across transit, retail, telecommunications, and cloud services (e.g., JR East, Book Off, Skyticket, Times Car)—this study identifies an irreversible temporal asymmetry. While threat actors deploy machine-speed autonomous agents capable of continuous, sub-second vulnerability reconnaissance and automated exploitation across entire digital spaces, defensive postures remain shackled to legacy, human-paced administrative models reliant on voluntary compliance and post-incident "requests" for enhanced vigilance. This monograph proves that passive perimeter security and voluntary private-sector self-reliance constitute systemic state negligence. To overcome this systemic miscalculation, the paper proposes a paradigm shift toward statutory Active Cyber Defense (preemptive neutralizing interlocks, automated circuit breakers) bounded strictly by deterministic physical-layer air-gaps and sovereign constitutional accountability (Human-in-Command).