CYBER INDEX AWARDS 2021 WINNERS
GRAND PRIX: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Collaborating with partners in the mission of promoting digital transformation (DX) using information and communications technology (ICT) to solve social issues, both nationally and internationally, NTT has put in place mechanisms to ensure a secure and safe information and communications infrastructure. The company is also actively disclosing the details to its customers, business partners, investors and other stakeholders, as well as working to raise the standard of cybersecurity initiatives overseas.
As an example of a mechanism for providing safe and secure information and telecommunications infrastructure and services, NTT Group evaluates important issues that should be addressed in a common and steady manner by each Group company based on two axes: “priority for stakeholders” and “priority for NTT Group,” and prioritizes the protection of personal information and security over the stability and reliability of telecommunications services, which are its core business. It has set up an organization to deal with computer security incidents across the Group, receive information on security incidents, assist in responding to them, consider preventive measures, develop training programs, and provide security-related information to improve the security of the Group and the information network society.
In terms of information disclosure, the Group actively publishes the initiatives of its companies on its website, in integrated reports and in its annual cybersecurity report. In addition, the Group not only uses a cybersecurity framework based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is a reference for companies around the world when taking security measures. It also promotes its use internationally by disseminating information in English and participating in international communities.
SPECIAL AWARD: Mr. HIROAKI NAKANISHI (Hitachi Ltd.)
Beyond his position as a corporate manager, Mr. Nakanishi has highlighted the importance of cybersecurity to society and made a great contribution to raising the level of effort and awareness of the whole industry. When he was vice chairman of Keidanren (the Japan Business Federation), he established the Cyber Security Working Group. He compiled the Keidanren Cyber Security Management Declaration as a guideline for the business community to work together for cybersecurity measures. After his appointment as chairman, the WG was upgraded to a committee specializing in cybersecurity measures.
He was a moderator at the G7 ICT Multi-Stakeholder Meeting, a related meeting of the G7 Ise-Shima Summit in 2016, where he summarised discussions on the need for a multi-stakeholder approach to maintain a secure cyberspace. In 2017, he was appointed as the head of the Industrial Cyber Security Center of Excellence, which was established as an initiative of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to develop advanced cybersecurity human resources.
SPECIAL AWARD: SCSK Corp.
SCSK has positioned information security as an important management issue, and has established a system in which top management takes the lead in educating all employees about compliance and security, and in leading related departments to cooperate with each other. SCSK has actively communicated its security reform efforts in its integrated report and on its website, and there is much to learn from these efforts for companies wishing to implement similar reforms and sustained security management.
CYBER INDEX AWARDS 2022 WINNERS