Security Product Partnerships and Expansion into New Adoption Sectors
First written in FY2016. 25 of 40 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-10-27.
63 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「We have also entered the information security and IoT fields and are working to provide more tailored solutions by using our own products in solutions involving encryption, digital watermarking, beacons and directional receivers.」
The use of the company's own products, including encryption, digital watermarking, beacons and directional receivers, in the information security and IoT fields has been reaffirmed. - FY2025-H1Higher revenue, lower profit; decline in development project profitsAnnual report
「For the interim accounting period, revenue was ¥4,070 million, an increase of ¥337 million, or 9.0%, from the previous interim accounting period. Segment profit was ¥435 million, a decrease of ¥41 million, or 8.7%. This was mainly because profits from development projects that contributed to the previous fiscal year's earnings declined, although the infrastructure business remained firm.」
The Innovation Business reported higher revenue as the infrastructure business remained firm, but profit declined following the contribution from development projects in the previous fiscal year. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We manufacture our own products and provide solutions in the IoT and information security fields, as well as designing and building infrastructure, providing mainframe services, and developing systems for corporate customers, together with related operations and maintenance.」
The provision of the company's own products and solutions in the infrastructure, mainframe, IoT and information security fields within the Innovation Business has been reaffirmed. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We have also entered the information security and IoT fields and are working to provide more tailored solutions by using our own products in solutions involving encryption, digital watermarking, beacons and directional receivers.」
The deployment of security products has expanded beyond encryption and digital watermarking to the use of the company's own products, including beacons and directional receivers, in solutions. - FY2023-Q3Sluggish growth in forensics-related salesAnnual report
「For the nine months ended [period], revenue was ¥5,592 million, an increase of ¥390 million, or 7.5%, from the same period of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥609 million, a decrease of ¥29 million, or 4.6%. This was mainly because large-scale development projects and infrastructure design and construction grew, while some forensics-related sales remained sluggish.」
In the Innovation Business, revenue increased as large-scale development projects and infrastructure design and construction expanded, but segment profit declined due to sluggish sales in some forensics-related areas. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「For the three months ended [period], revenue was ¥1,934 million, an increase of ¥311 million, or 19.2%, from the same period of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥272 million, an increase of ¥115 million, or 74.1%. This was mainly because development projects carried over from the previous fiscal year drove performance, while infrastructure design and construction and security product sales also contributed.」
The Innovation Business reported substantial increases in revenue and profit, as ongoing development projects, infrastructure design and construction, and security product sales contributed. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「We have also entered the information security and IoT fields and are working to provide more tailored solutions by using our own products in solutions involving encryption, digital watermarking, beacons and directional receivers.」
The deployment of security products has expanded beyond encryption and digital watermarking to the use of the company's own product lineup, including beacons and directional receivers, in delivering solutions. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「For the six months ended [period], revenue was ¥3,409 million, an increase of ¥601 million, or 21.4%, from the same period of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥438 million, an increase of ¥195 million, or 80.5%. This was attributable to a net increase in infrastructure design and construction development projects and strong sales of the company's own security products.」
The Innovation Business reported substantial increases in revenue and profit, driven by a net increase in infrastructure development projects and strong sales of its own security products. - FY2021Continued decline in digital forensics product revenueAnnual report
「In this segment, IT service projects, including infrastructure design and construction, operations and maintenance, generally progressed as planned. However, the decline in revenue from digital forensics products had a significant impact on performance. As a result, revenue was ¥5,814 million, down 6.5% year on year. Segment profit (operating profit) was ¥555 million, down 20.5% year on year.」
The Innovation Business reported lower revenue and profit as the decline in digital forensics product revenue outweighed generally on-track IT service projects. - FY2021-Q3Decline in revenue from digital forensics productsAnnual report
「For the cumulative third quarter, revenue was ¥4,258 million, a decrease of ¥210 million, or 4.7%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥447 million, a decrease of ¥32 million, or 6.7%. IT services projects, including infrastructure design and construction and operations and maintenance, generally progressed in line with the plan, but revenue from digital forensics products declined.」
In the Innovation Business, IT service projects generally progressed as planned, but revenue and profit declined due to lower revenue from digital forensics products. - FY2021-Q2Business strategy review in response to intensifying competitionAnnual report
「For the cumulative second quarter, revenue was ¥2,807 million, a decrease of ¥218 million, or 7.2%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥242 million, a decrease of ¥81 million, or 25.1%. IT services projects, including infrastructure design and construction and operations and maintenance, generally progressed in line with the plan, but the company was reviewing its business strategy in response to intensifying competition in the security field.」
In the innovation business, IT services projects generally progressed in line with the plan, but intensifying competition in the security field led to a review of the business strategy, resulting in lower revenue and profit. - FY2021-Q1Sluggish sales of digital forensics products due to intensifying competitionAnnual report
「For the cumulative first quarter, revenue was ¥1,378 million, a decrease of ¥59 million, or 4.1%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥117 million, a decrease of ¥54 million, or 31.6%. IT services projects, including infrastructure design and construction and operations and maintenance, generally progressed in line with the plan, but sales of digital forensics products declined amid intensifying competition.」
In the innovation business, IT services projects were generally in line with the plan, but intensifying competition caused digital forensics product sales to stagnate, resulting in lower revenue and profit. - FY2020Lower margins as competition intensifies and share is prioritizedAnnual report
「Sales of both security products and digital forensics products were strong, but margins declined because, amid intensifying competition in the digital forensics field driven by growing cybersecurity needs, the company prioritized securing several large projects to expand market share over profit.」
Security product sales were strong, but margins declined on large projects for which share expansion was prioritized amid intensifying competition. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative third quarter, revenue was ¥932 million, an increase of ¥103 million, or 12.6%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥183 million, an increase of ¥19 million, or 12.0%. This was because the combination of product sales and specialized technology services matched the needs of customers and partner companies seeking more advanced security measures, resulting in steady revenue and profit performance.」
The security equipment-related business expanded its combination of product sales and specialized technology services, resulting in revenue growth of 12.6% and segment profit growth of 12.0%. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative second quarter, revenue was ¥662 million, an increase of ¥129 million, or 24.2%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥121 million, an increase of ¥57 million, or 90.3%. This was because the combination of product sales and specialized technology services matched the needs of customers and partner companies seeking more advanced security measures, resulting in an increase in highly profitable projects.」
The security business expanded its combination of product sales and specialized technology services, resulting in higher revenue and profit as highly profitable projects increased. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative first quarter, revenue was ¥258 million, an increase of ¥65 million, or 34.3%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥33 million, an increase of ¥11 million, or 53.0%. This was due to steady progress in sales of equipment and software to government agencies compared with the same period of the previous year.」
The security equipment-related business increased revenue by 34.3% and segment profit by 53.0% as sales of equipment and software to government agencies progressed. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In February 2019, the company entered into an authorized distributor agreement in Japan with Cellebrite Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., a manufacturer of data extraction tools for mobile phones and smartphones.」
The company entered into an authorized distributor agreement in Japan with a new overseas manufacturer to expand its handling of security products. - FY2019-Q3Lower revenue and profit due to large security projects and product migrationAnnual report
「For the cumulative third quarter, revenue was ¥828 million, a decrease of ¥18 million, or 2.2%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥164 million, a decrease of ¥19 million, or 10.6%. Although the digital forensics field remained solid after winning several large projects for government agencies, the transition from the implementation phase to the maintenance phase for some Rogue product sales projects affected revenue and profit.」
Although the company won large projects from government agencies, the transition of Rogue product sales from the implementation phase to the maintenance phase resulted in lower revenue and profit in the security equipment-related business. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative second quarter, revenue was ¥533 million, an increase of ¥57 million, or 12.1%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥63 million, an increase of ¥15 million, or 30.9%. This was because the expansion of product sales projects for government agencies in the digital forensics field progressed steadily, offsetting the decline in the first quarter.」
The security equipment-related business offset the first-quarter decline through the expansion of product sales projects for government agencies, resulting in higher revenue and profit. - FY2019-Q1Lower revenue and profit in the security businessAnnual report
「Regardless of whether the end users are public- or private-sector organizations, we cover everything from defensive measures to prevent security incidents, including encryption and digital watermarking, to incident response, including digital forensics and cybersecurity, with the goal of providing technologies that contribute to the development of a sound IT society and meeting customers' broad needs. For the cumulative first quarter, revenue was ¥192 million, a decrease of ¥59 million, or 23.6%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥21 million, a decrease of ¥10 million, or 32.7%. This was because, although incident investigation and training projects performed well in the digital forensics field, there were few product sales projects.」
The business continues to cover everything from defensive measures to incident response, but fewer product sales projects resulted in revenue declining 23.6% and segment profit declining 32.7%. Incident investigation and training projects, however, performed well. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Profit increased substantially due to higher private-sector sales, large orders for cybersecurity products from government agencies, and an increase in orders for highly profitable training from government agencies. As a result, revenue was ¥1,178 million, down 1.4% year on year, while segment profit (operating profit) was ¥267 million, up 23.8%.」
Revenue declined due to increased private-sector adoption, large orders from government agencies, and higher orders for highly profitable training, while segment profit increased 23.8%. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative third quarter, revenue was ¥846 million, an increase of ¥22 million, or 2.7%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥183 million, an increase of ¥72 million, or 65.3%, mainly due to a large order for cybersecurity products from a government agency and an increase in training participants.」
In the security business, which covers everything from defensive measures to incident response, including digital forensics, revenue and segment profit increased on large orders from government agencies and an increase in training participants. - FY2018-Q2Lower revenue and profit in the security businessAnnual report
「For the cumulative second quarter, revenue was ¥475 million, a decrease of ¥78 million, or 14.2%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥48 million, a decrease of ¥6 million, or 12.5%.」
The business continues to cover everything from defensive measures to incident response, including digital forensics, but both revenue and segment profit fell below the same quarter of the previous year. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「With the goal of providing technologies that contribute to the development of a sound IT society, we cover everything from defensive measures to prevent security incidents, including encryption and digital watermarking, to incident response, including digital forensics and cybersecurity, meeting customers' broad needs. We are also working to acquire growth technologies and develop specialists in response to the rapid pace of technological advancement. For the cumulative first quarter, revenue was ¥251 million, an increase of ¥7 million, or 3.2%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥32 million, an increase of ¥6 million, or 23.6%.」
The security business continues to cover everything from defensive measures to incident response, including digital forensics, while also working to acquire growth technologies and develop specialists. Revenue increased 3.2% and segment profit increased 23.6%. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue and profit both increased as the company's products and services gained wider adoption among private-sector companies and it received several large orders from government agencies.」
Expansion of private-sector adoption of security products and services and large orders from government agencies resulted in revenue of ¥1,195 million and segment profit of ¥216 million. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative third quarter, revenue was ¥824 million, an increase of ¥241 million, or 41.5%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥110 million, an increase of ¥8 million, or 8.7%.」
The security equipment-related business recorded an increase in orders from government agencies, with revenue and segment profit exceeding the same quarter of the previous year. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of these efforts, we entered into an authorized training partner agreement in Japan with Guidance Software, Inc. of the United States, a leading cyber forensics company. By providing Japan's first authorized training using EnCase® Forensic 8, we will further expand the support structure that enables customers to adopt the product with confidence and lead to new sales of EnCase® Forensic 8.」
The company entered into an authorized training partner agreement with Guidance Software and launched measures to provide Japan's first authorized EnCase Forensic 8 training and expand sales. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「For the cumulative first quarter, revenue was ¥243 million, an increase of ¥92 million, or 61.2%, from the same quarter of the previous year. Segment profit was ¥26 million, an increase of ¥4 million, or 20.5%.」
The security equipment-related business recorded an increase in orders from government agencies, along with higher revenue and segment profit. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「By further strengthening partnerships with domestic and overseas product developers, including security equipment manufacturers, we plan to secure a competitive advantage through a strategy of deepening our presence in target deployment areas and markets, while expanding implementation to other central government ministries and agencies, the nursing care and medical sectors, the financial sector, and other private-sector companies.」
The strategy combines stronger relationships with product developers, deepening its presence in the market, and expansion into the public, nursing care and medical, financial, and private sectors.