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HitachiSoft Launches the "Hibun 2004" Concept for Information Security
- Attainment of Contracting One Million Licenses in Total within This Fiscal Year for "Hibun" for Which 250,000 Licenses Have Already Been Contracted -
HitachiSoft (Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. based in Shinarawa-ku, Tokyo, with Takeo Ogawa as the CEO and president) releases the "Hibun 2004 concept" conforming to the ISMS authentication standard (*) for the introduction, operation, monitoring and review of the information security system and will start marketing of the "Hibun AE Secure Inspector" and "Hibun AE WebGuard". The "Hibun" series has already been delivered to the banking, public, and many other corporations who are sensitive to information security as the best selling series covering 250,000 licenses so far. Compliance with the management plan of the ISMS authentication standard realized this time implements an advanced information security solution. The "Hibun" series products to be developed in the future according to the new "Hibun 2004" concept will establish total information security in preparation for thorough enforcement of "The Act for Protection of Computer Processed Personal Data" starting from April 1,2005. The Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA) management cycle in the ISMS standard is necessary in planning continuous security reinforcement. Since most of the products now available on the market cover only a part of the PDCA cycle, they will fail in establishing comprehensive systems, and each customer may need complicated management by combining the products of different makes. The "Hibun 2004" concept totally supports the PDCA cycle to implement a full-fledged security system. The two above-said products are added first to the lineup this time, and many more will be released in the future so as to make the series as the de facto standard for information security. The sales plan for this first fiscal year is one million licenses, or 7 billion yen, in total. (*) ISMS (Information Security Management System) Authentication Standard: This has been established as the Japanese information security standard based on BS7799 as the international standard for information security protection.
1. Supply of security management system matching the ISMS authentication standard
Clarifying the locations of information assets to protect them form the danger of disclosure.
2. Actual management plan (Do)
Security measures such as encryption, authentication, and access control are planned and implemented according to the predetermined policy.
3. Evaluation and audit according to the log (Check)
Doubtful activities are detected by log analysis before execution.
4. Improvement of security level according to log-based based analysis and prediction (Action)
Countermeasures against detected and possible weak points are to be fed back.
It is planned to make the "Hibun" become the de facto product for information security by adaptation to all phases of the ISMS authentication standard.
HitachiSoft promotes acquisition of qualification (British global de facto BS7799 as the root) approved by the JIPDEC (*) under guidance by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Economy. Twenty employees have already been qualified and are providing consultation and support for customers to get ISMS approvals. We are also providing SEA/J (*) training on system configuration technologies and other necessary knowledge for each customer in getting ISMS approval. 50 members are planned to obtain the qualification within this fiscal year. (*) JIPDEC (Japan Information Processing Development Center): As a neutral public corporation, JIPDEC performs various businesses including the ISMS (Information Security Management System) conformity evaluation and privacy mark system operation for information revolution in Japan in close linkage with the information related policy of the Japanese Government including the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. (*) SEA/J is an education program organization established for spreading the knowledge and technologies related to information security.
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