Product Defects and System Disruptions Caused by Disasters

「フラッシュメモリ等半導体部材の供給不足や価格高騰が顕在化、サーバー・ストレージの調達環境も悪化するなど、一部懸念材料も浮かび上がってきています。」

「In addition, methods of infiltrating ransomware have become increasingly sophisticated, making measures to defend businesses against cyberattacks and to restore operations as quickly as possible if damage occurs an urgent priority regardless of business scale, industry or whether the organization is public or private.」

「In the information and communications industry, demand for resilience, meaning systems for protecting and recovering information systems, continues to expand as system failures that disrupt social infrastructure and cyberattacks such as ransomware increase.」

「Cyberattacks have become increasingly sophisticated, including through the use of generative AI in ransomware, while the number of incidents remains high.」

「Cybersecurity has become a major social issue directly affecting people's lives, not only through the shutdown of socioeconomic infrastructure such as financial institutions and port facilities, but also through large-scale leaks of personal information from companies.」

「In addition, cyberattacks targeting SaaS providers, large companies, hospitals and other entities have continued unabated, making the defense and recovery, or resilience, of information systems increasingly important as a management issue.」

「In addition, as cyberattacks targeting supply chains, hospitals and public institutions have continued and preventive measures against communications failures through cooperation among major telecommunications operators have attracted attention, the defense and recovery, or resilience, of information systems has come to be recognized as an industry-wide issue extending beyond individual companies, and has become increasingly important as a management issue.」

「As cyberattacks against supply chains, hospitals and public institutions have become more serious, the defense and recovery, or resilience, of information systems has come to be recognized by management as an industry-wide issue extending beyond individual companies, including in the manufacturing and healthcare industries」

「In addition, as the issue of cyberattacks against domestic companies has become more serious, with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the National Police Agency and the National center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity jointly issuing a warning on 24 March urging stronger cybersecurity measures, the importance of resilience in corporate information systems, meaning mechanisms for defense and recovery, is growing further.」

「If system failures occur due to unforeseeable events such as large-scale, widespread disasters including earthquakes and floods, local disasters including fires, or cyberattacks, our business and performance may be affected.」

「We conduct sufficient quality control before delivery and take measures to prevent defects, including malfunctions, bugs and delays in acceptance testing. However, if a defect arises in the relevant product or service due to a cause for which we are responsible」

「If a defect arises in the relevant product or service due to a cause for which we are responsible, our business and performance may be affected by the need to provide free remedial services, liability for damages and loss of customer confidence in us, among other factors.」