Safety, Facial Recognition and Cybersecurity

「NECとKOSENサイバーセキュリティ教育推進センター（K-SEC）が共催する高専女子学生向け「2026 K-SEC CAMP FOR GIRLS」（9月17日・18日開催）にて、NEC本社リファレンスオフィスの見学やNECグループの女性エンジニアとのキャリアトーク、CTF（Capture The Flag）を活用したテクニカルワークショップを行いました。」

「Under the slogan "Protect .JP (Japan's cyberspace)," the NEC Group is working to build a "Zero Trust Security Platform" and implementing measures that combine robustness and flexibility based on the zero-trust maturity model.」

「In light of current conditions, the NEC Group is working to build a "Zero Trust Security Platform" and implementing measures that combine robustness and flexibility based on the zero-trust maturity model.」

「We developed a "gateless biometric authentication system" that combines person-matching technology based on clothing characteristics with tracking technology based on movement characteristics to track multiple people in real time while performing highly accurate facial recognition. By using this system, it is possible to authenticate more than 100 people per minute with a single camera even when many people are naturally walking through an entrance, easing congestion and enabling smooth entry without placing a burden on users. Going forward, we will conduct validation for use in various settings, including access control at theme parks, event venues, offices and factories, as well as gateless railway automatic ticket gates, with the aim of commercializing the system in fiscal 2024.」

「Developed a "gateless biometric authentication system" for easing congestion at theme park entrances and railway automatic ticket gates. The system combines person-matching technology based on clothing characteristics with tracking technology based on movement characteristics to track multiple people in real time while performing highly accurate facial recognition, enabling a single camera to authenticate more than 100 people per minute even when many people are naturally walking through an entrance (Global Business).」

「While further strengthening multimodal biometric authentication, which combines multiple elements such as facial and iris features to achieve high accuracy even when people are wearing masks or hats, ranked first worldwide in both the iris recognition technology and facial recognition technology benchmark tests conducted by the authoritative US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These tests authenticate individuals by matching information from an authentication device against information on multiple people in a database (Global Business).」

「While further strengthening multimodal biometric authentication, which combines multiple elements such as facial and iris features to achieve high accuracy even when people are wearing masks or hats, ranked first worldwide in both the iris recognition technology and facial recognition technology benchmark tests conducted by the authoritative US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These tests authenticate individuals by matching information from an authentication device against information on multiple people in a database (Global Business).」

「As part of efforts to realize AI that supports advanced decision-making in collaboration with people, we developed AI technology that applies insights obtained from analyzing brain activity during complex decision-making. By acquiring and analyzing data simultaneously, the technology is expected to accelerate the processing of facial recognition and cyberattack detection and analysis by up to 20 times while maintaining high accuracy (Global business).」

「To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, developed social distancing assessment technology that analyzes video from cameras installed in crowded locations such as stations, airports and stores, and visualizes crowd density in real time without identifying individuals (Global Business).」

「・Developed technology enabling identity verification using iris recognition while people are walking, without stopping in front of a camera (Global Business) ・Ranked first for the 5th consecutive time in the facial recognition technology benchmark test conducted by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Global Business)」

「Global business revenue increased by ¥46.1 billion, or 23.3%, year on year to ¥243.6 billion, mainly due to growth in Safer Cities and marine systems.」

「Developed and demonstrated fingerprint imaging and authentication technology enabling fingerprint authentication of newborns 2 hours after birth, to establish biometric authentication infrastructure in emerging countries (Public Business).」

「By applying this technology, it became possible, for example, to easily find the same person in real time among video feeds from multiple cameras installed at a facility, and we achieved a person-matching rate of approximately 90% in in-house testing using a publicly available database. We plan to roll out various solutions using this technology sequentially from fiscal 2019.」

「Global business revenue increased by ¥1.3 billion, or 0.4%, year on year to ¥320.4 billion, despite declines in displays and marine systems, mainly due to growth in safety.」

「Revenue from the Global business increased by ¥1.3 billion, or 0.6%, year on year to ¥213.3 billion, due mainly to higher Safety revenue despite declines in Marine Systems and Displays.」

「Revenue from the Global business increased by ¥0.8 billion, or 0.8%, year on year to ¥97.1 billion, due mainly to higher Safety revenue despite a decline in Marine Systems revenue.」

「We provided a facial recognition system to South Wales Police in the UK and contributed to the safe operation of the UEFA Champions League final by conducting real-time matching between people captured on camera and suspects or other persons of interest registered in advance on a watch list.」

「Other revenue increased by ¥13.6 billion, or 10.9%, year on year to ¥138.2 billion, mainly due to growth in the overseas safety business.」

「Other revenue increased by ¥2.7 billion, or 3.1%, year on year to ¥88.7 billion, due mainly to higher overseas Safety business revenue.」

「We supplied a facial recognition system for immigration screening at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA, and adoption of our biometric systems expanded among Australian federal government agencies and state police forces. In addition, in the 2017 benchmark test of video-based facial recognition technology conducted by the authoritative US National Institute of Standards and Technology, we achieved the top performance rating by a wide margin with a matching accuracy of 99.2%, ranking first for the 4th consecutive time including previous benchmark tests of still-image facial recognition technology.」

「Regarding secure computing technology, which processes data while it remains encrypted and strongly prevents the leakage of confidential information, developed 2 methods: a basic algorithm that dramatically increases processing speed and a high-speed search method that enables database aggregation (Public Business and Enterprise Business).」

「Developed device-to-device communication technology for Public Safety LTE, a dedicated public LTE network used in public safety fields such as policing and firefighting, enabling high-definition video transmission from disaster and accident sites even in areas without radio coverage (Public Business).」

「In the safety and security fields, we provided government agencies, local authorities and private companies with services for building, operating and supporting the implementation of systems related to the Social Security and Tax Number System (My Number System).」