Announced details
AGEST ZERO TEST completes testing in 30–40 minutes per system.
Proofs of concept and evaluations are being conducted, primarily with prospective partner companies. Number of companies adopting the product and number of uses: not disclosed.
AGEST is conducting proofs of concept and evaluations with each prospective partner company and plans to deploy the products and provide services to customers through collaboration with its partners. AGEST is a subsidiary of DIGITAL HEARTS HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.
Partner companies, primarily major domestic system integrators. Individual locations, representatives, business descriptions, capitalisation and year of establishment: not disclosed.
AGEST: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. DIGITAL HEARTS HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.: 41st floor, Tokyo Opera City Building, 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
Annual fixed-fee licence. Specific amount: not disclosed.
The company does not address Contract Value / Impact on Business Performance.
The Nikkei, “Software Vulnerability Detection Hits 36,000 in Six Months, Surging with Advanced AI as Remediation Struggles to Keep Pace.” Cited in the explanation of the number of vulnerabilities detected.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | AGEST ZERO SHIELD, AGEST ZERO TEST |
| Counterparty | Partner companies, primarily major domestic system integrators (individual company names not disclosed) |
| Counterparty overview | Partner companies, primarily major domestic system integrators. Individual locations, representatives, business descriptions, capitalisation and year of establishment: not disclosed. |
| Relationship with the Company | AGEST is conducting proofs of concept and evaluations with each prospective partner company and plans to deploy the products and provide services to customers through collaboration with its partners. AGEST is a subsidiary of DIGITAL HEARTS HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd. |
| Offering price | Annual fixed-fee licence. Specific amount: not disclosed. |
| Launch date | 28 September 2026 (offering commenced today; actual) |
| Applicable area | Cybersecurity, Zero-day vulnerability hunting, Functional compatibility testing after security patch application, Software Testing |
| Location | AGEST: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. DIGITAL HEARTS HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.: 41st floor, Tokyo Opera City Building, 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. |
| Quantitative Effects | AGEST ZERO TEST completes testing in 30–40 minutes per system. |
| Usage history | Proofs of concept and evaluations are being conducted, primarily with prospective partner companies. Number of companies adopting the product and number of uses: not disclosed. |
| Source | The Nikkei, “Software Vulnerability Detection Hits 36,000 in Six Months, Surging with Advanced AI as Remediation Struggles to Keep Pace.” Cited in the explanation of the number of vulnerabilities detected. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.To address the increasing sophistication of AI-enabled offensive and defensive capabilities, the growing number of vulnerabilities detected and patches applied, the time and resource constraints of manual testing, and the risk of information leakage and usage-based charges associated with cloud-based tools.