Tokyo Olympics and Para Sponsored company ready for cyber attacks on September 30 at 19:23

In preparation for the next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, one of the challenges is preparing for cyber attacks aimed at companies. A seminar was held for the sponsor company of the tournament, and the serious damage that would be expected if measures were neglected was introduced.

About 50 companies sponsoring various types of tournaments participated in the workshop held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and other organizations to prepare for cyber attacks in preparation for the Olympic Games.

First, Minoru Saito, deputy general manager of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Olympics and Paralympics, greets, saying, “It will take less than 300 days to meet the event, but there is a risk that cyber attacks will increase.” It was.

Next, cyber security experts explained the damage in the past host cities and gave examples of cases where the site was inaccessible or confidential information was extracted.

In addition, if Japanese companies were exposed to the same attack, we introduced a trial calculation that, if they did not take countermeasures, a company with annual sales of 100 billion yen would cause damage of up to 30 billion yen.

In cases where Japanese companies have been hit by cyber attacks so far, 70% of cases have noticed damage from external reports, so it is also an issue to quickly grasp the situation when attacked. .

The person in charge of the company that participated said, “I want to take measures and build the safety of the tournament.”