While working from home is spreading due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said at a press conference that the damage caused by cyber attacks targeting external connection services was reported to the entire company. I called for a good response.
With the spread of telecommuting among companies, reports of damage caused by cyber attacks targeting the vulnerabilities of external connection services that connect to business systems from outside the company have been increasing since September.
Regarding this, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama pointed out at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 18th that "cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated and sophisticated, and the scale and frequency of attacks are increasing."
On top of that, Minister Kajiyama said, "There is a possibility that business partner and customer information may be exposed, which directly leads to the trust of the company. It is a problem that can only be judged by the management, and security measures according to the risk are necessary. I would like you to thoroughly share information, etc. "and called on the management of the company to take company-wide measures.