CYBER INITIATIVE TOKYO 2022

Cyber Initiative Tokyo 2022 

Geopolitical risks are on the rise, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the escalation of the U.S.-China conflict. In corporate business activities, geopolitical risks tend to manifest themselves as economic security issues such as supply chain disruptions. In fact, cyber-attacks involving state actors are on the rise, targeting global companies, including Japanese companies, and causing serious damage. In addition to this situation, the digitalization of the COVID-19 disaster is adding to cyber risks. Attackers' methods are becoming more diverse and sophisticated every day, and there are even groups of attackers that use cloud-based ransomware with a division of labor. Moreover, they are not limited to government agencies and large corporations. We are seeing many cases in the supply chain that target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with weak security. Cyber-attacks targeting individuals, such as phishing, also continue to occur.

In order to protect ourselves from such attacks,…