Service framework centered on SMAC and strengthened cloud security operations services

「Orders for threat analysis and response, including managed EDR/XDR services, and cloud security, including SASE, CASB and SWG, grew substantially. We also promoted comprehensive optimization proposals, or IT security consulting, through the Attack Surface Assessment Service, which conducts security audits and assessments for group companies and overseas offices, and the Vulnerability Management Service, which detects and assesses vulnerabilities in internal and external IT assets. This led to multiple large-scale orders.」

「Developing AI-enhanced existing services and new AI-first services along two axes: Security for AI—secure use of AI; and AI for Security—strengthening security with AI」

「In security, we promoted comprehensive optimization proposals, or IT security consulting, through the Attack Surface Assessment Service, which conducts security audits and assessments for mid-sized and large companies, including their group companies and overseas offices, and the Vulnerability Management Service, which detects and assesses vulnerabilities in internal and external IT assets. This led to multiple large-scale orders. Security revenue increased 32.1% year on year, and new orders in the first half reached a record high.」

「We also secured multiple large-scale projects through the Attack Surface Assessment Service for mid-sized and large companies, which assesses security across group companies and overseas offices. Going forward, we aim to expand order volume by further expanding high-value-added services.」

「We have also received an increasing number of requests from companies that have actually suffered cyberattacks for investigations, recovery and other responses. Our incident-response capabilities, centered on highly skilled technical engineers, have been highly regarded, leading to orders for permanent security measures. As we continue to promote comprehensive security proposals, the contract value per customer has been trending upward.」

「We have secured multiple large-scale projects through the Attack Surface Assessment Service, announced in January 2023 for large and mid-sized companies. The service assesses security across group companies and overseas offices. Going forward, we aim to expand order volume by further expanding related services.」

「We responded to these needs by announcing the following services for multicloud environments. - Enhanced Microsoft 365 operations services, including monitoring of user access rights (announced in December) - Expanded services in the cloud security field to protect data distributed across SaaS platforms (scheduled for announcement in the fourth quarter)」

「In security, we have achieved a stable pipeline of projects by providing our Security Assessment Service, which visualizes security risks in customers’ IT environments, and consistently proposing specific security measures to management. We are expanding industry-specific Security Assessment Services aligned with cybersecurity guidelines for each industry and business sector, including the automotive industry, driving growth in orders.」

「In security, customers have a high level of interest and willingness to invest, and opportunities to make proposals are increasing. By proposing a roadmap for specific security measures through the Security Assessment Service, which comprehensively visualizes risks in IT environments, we are converting customers' interest in security into the implementation of measures. Based on cloud use, we are promoting comprehensive security measures (zero-trust security), and orders for security reached a record high, up 44.3% year on year.」

「Strengthening the Security Assessment Service, which comprehensively visualizes security risks in customers' IT environments, enabled us to convert interest in security into the implementation of specific measures and project acquisition. We have also begun rolling out industry-specific security assessment and countermeasure services, starting with the automotive industry, which is contributing to growth in orders.」

「In addition to offering a comprehensive range of services to address increasingly sophisticated and diverse cyberattacks, our Security Assessment Service, with a track record of more than 760 companies, visualizes security risks in customers' current environments, including cloud and internal on-premises environments, and presents an optimal security-measures roadmap. This has led to the acquisition of new customers and large-scale projects. Palo Alto Networks Corporation, a global leader in cybersecurity, recognized our contribution to acquiring new customers for its Cortex endpoint product, and we received the Best Cortex Partner award in JAPAC (the Asia-Pacific region including Japan) for the second consecutive year.」

「We strengthened proposals emphasizing the importance to companies of responding to security incidents, events that pose security threats, including cyberattacks, and continued to expand the business. As a result, total security-business revenue grew significantly to ¥1,756 million, up 45.8% year on year.」

「In security services, we emphasized to customers the importance of responding to security incidents caused by cyberattacks, and endpoint security (Note 2) grew significantly. In addition, the overall security business grew smoothly, including web and mobile security for strengthening telework environments and cloud security accompanying customers' shift to the cloud. Security recurring revenue was ¥840 million, up 47.3% year on year.」

「In security services, the importance of zero-trust security measures based on the assumption that threats exist has increased as telework and cloud use have spread, with more access to corporate data from outside the company without security protection. By capturing this demand, the security business has grown steadily. Starting with our security assessment service (visualization service), a strength of the company that visualizes where and what security risks exist in customers' current system environments, we make proposals that take into account the security measures required when using the cloud. We will focus on expanding the cloud security business and aim to become a leading company in the industry.」

「As telework and cloud use have expanded in recent years, important data is increasingly stored in external IT environments, creating demand for zero-trust security measures that are not constrained by the boundary between internal and external environments. In response, in August we announced Managed Service for SASE Plus, a managed zero-trust security service that enables safe and convenient cloud access, further strengthening our efforts in the increasingly important cloud and security fields. For customers struggling to prioritize security measures and select the actions required, we provide security assessments (visualization services). By visualizing latent security risks and emphasizing the importance of strengthening security, we have supported the security measures of more than 1,100 customers to date.」

「We conduct customer-specific security risk assessments using visualization tools and make optimal proposals, which has also contributed to business expansion. Going forward, we will actively promote proposals for overall optimization that take security measures into account when using the cloud, focus on expanding our strong multicloud security business and aim to become a leading company in the industry in cloud security.」

「In security services, we sought to expand business volume by focusing on cloud and security areas in which we excel, including the increase in endpoint security projects as telework environments spread, configuration audit services in multicloud environments and joint security proposals made when proposing cloud solutions.」

「In security, in addition to receiving an order for a large-scale endpoint security project (Note 4), we made joint proposals for cloud services and security services when proposing cloud solutions, seeking to expand business volume.」

「In addition to a high level of orders carried over from the beginning of the fiscal year, demand for building telework environments continued due to the impact of COVID-19. Orders for cloud security, a priority area going forward, progressed smoothly, while various security services, including VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) and endpoint security (Note 2), performed strongly.」

「In services, in addition to a high level of orders carried over from the beginning of the fiscal year, we promoted proposals from an early stage to strengthen security in telework environments affected by COVID-19. As a result, orders for cloud security, a priority area going forward, progressed smoothly, while various security services, including endpoint security (Note 3), performed strongly.」

「Going forward, we will expand security services enhanced with the Group's strength in operations support, as well as cloud security services such as cloud configuration audits, cloud access controls and cloud data protection, drawing on the Group's expertise in cloud and security.」

「In services, server-platform construction services performed steadily, while the security and cloud businesses, which are the business areas of WILD7, grew smoothly, bringing new contract value during the cumulative second quarter to a record high. In security, we are also focusing on cloud security services, which are expected to grow significantly going forward, and the number of projects is increasing.」

「In the service business, security services and other offerings grew as we proposed cloud-based security together with IT infrastructure and other services. Services related to Windows 10 upgrades also contributed to business expansion.」

「In the service business, operations services, including security services and help-desk services, grew.」

「In the service business, security services grew in response to companies' efforts to strengthen security.」

「In the service business, security services, one of our priority areas, have continued to grow in response to companies' efforts to strengthen security.」

「Through initiatives to continuously improve earnings, including cloud security operations and monitoring services that combine advanced security expertise with the system operations center, the gross profit margin rose to 25.7%, up 4.1 percentage points from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

「In the service business, implementation services and security services driven by customers' efforts to strengthen security performed steadily.」

「In the service business, implementation services and security services performed steadily. In systems, next-generation virtualization solutions and security-related businesses contributed to profit, but revenue declined as customers shifted to the cloud.」

「In the service business, we will strengthen our structure to further enhance cloud security operations and monitoring services by establishing a department with advanced security expertise, the Security Operation Center (SOC), within the JB Group's System Management and Access Center (SMAC: Solution Management and Access Center).」

「We will strengthen the service structure centered on the JB Group's System Management and Access Center (SMAC) and enhance cloud security operations services.」