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Connected cars—vehicles that are connected to the internet and support ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and autonomous driving—are attracting increasing attention. By transmitting and collecting information via the internet and applying advanced analytics, these vehicles can provide real-time road condition data, help identify and alleviate traffic congestion, and support applications such as accident reporting and insurance services. At the same time, increased internet connectivity has raised growing security concerns, making robust cybersecurity measures more important than ever.

Asgent’s connected car security solutions provide the essential protection needed for a connected car society, securing not only the vehicles themselves but also the broader ecosystem in which they operate.

In recent years, targeted attacks have been increasing, exposing many organizations to a higher risk of being targeted. At the same time, attack vectors have become increasingly sophisticated, shifting from conventional direct attacks by hackers to methods that leverage social engineering, such as phishing emails, file downloads from the web, and even visits to malicious websites.

The security market has grown enormous, and there is now a vast array of countermeasures. However, even with the implementation of multi-layered security controls, many organizations have been unable to fully prevent infections by viruses, malware and ransomware. One of the key reasons conventional security measures have proven insufficient is that many of them rely on signature-based detection and pattern matching, rendering them ineffective against zero-day attacks and sophisticated attacks.
As a new approach to cybersecurity, Asgent proposes file sanitization as an effective countermeasure.

Targeted attacks are cyberattacks aimed at specific companies or organizations. Their objective is not limited to stealing information of high monetary value that the target possesses; many attacks are also carried out against targets that conflict with the attackers’ beliefs, principles, or sense of justice, as seen in attacks by Anonymous. The actual attack methods are highly diverse and extremely persistent, and attackers will use every possible means until they achieve their objective. Typical methods include “targeted emails” that exploit social engineering and “watering hole attacks,” in which malicious programs are delivered by luring users to visit a website.
As these sophisticated and varied attacks continue until their objective is achieved, it is impossible to completely block all attacks solely with perimeter defenses such as firewalls and IPS. In addition to perimeter defenses, a variety of layered security measures are required.

Asgent proposes layered security by combining multiple products and services, including the blocking of suspicious communications through perimeter defenses, protection against unknown threats, and support for building a CSIRT.

Websites operated by customers as well as web applications developed using the similar technologies, are constantly exposed to various external threats. Typical examples include attacks that exploit vulnerabilities to break into internal systems and cause information leaks or website defacement, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that forcibly disrupt business operations from the outside. By their very nature, websites and web applications require continuous security measures.
If such attacks result in website defacement or information leakage, the consequences—such as damage to your brand, loss of trust, or incurrence of liability and compensation claims —are clearly unacceptable and cannot be taken lightly.
Asgent’s web security solutions cover a wide range of needs, including assessments to verify whether customers’ websites are adequately protected against external threats, performing vulnerability assessments of servers, software, and web applications, and providing services that protect live websites from DoS attacks.

Email has become a widely adopted and mission-critical infrastructure. It is frequently used to exchange highly sensitive information, email addresses themselves constitute personal data, and email is one of the tools most commonly abused by attackers to distribute malware and other threats. For these reasons, attachment encryption and misdelivery prevention are essential, as are effective measures to ensure the safe receipt of email attachments.
Asgent’s email security solutions enable secure email sending and receiving without sacrificing usability, while also ensuring that attachments can be received safely.

As mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have evolved to offer functionality comparable to desktop PCs, their use in business has rapidly expanded along with the growing adoption of cloud services for email and file sharing. At the same time, security risks are also increasing, including account compromise caused by access to phishing sites and the downloading of malicious applications. For this reason, mobile devices require comprehensive security measures just like desktop PCs. Asgent’s mobile security solutions enable the safe use of mobile devices for business by providing protection such as blocking access to phishing sites and detecting malware, just as with desktop PCs.

As the phrase “cloud first” suggests, many corporate IT organizations are actively migrating, or considering migrating, a growing volume of information assets to the cloud. However, even in cloud services, it is essential to understand the shared responsibility model and implement appropriate security measures. In particular, for IaaS in public cloud environments, responsibility for the OS running on the hardware, databases, applications, and account management lies with the customer organization.
Asgent’s cloud security solutions protect your assets from the latest attacks while providing visibility into your security configurations.

To identify potential vulnerabilities, two types of assessments are offered: Platform Assessments and Web Application Assessments. A Platform Assessment evaluates servers, network devices, operating systems, and middleware to identify vulnerabilities and configuration issues. A Web Application Assessment focuses on whether there are vulnerabilities or configuration flaws in web applications. Assessment methods include automated testing with tools and manual testing by consultant security engineers. Manual testing can reveal vulnerabilities and behaviors that are difficult to detect with tools alone.
In addition, Penetration Testing, also known as an intrusion test, is used to verify whether an attacker could actually achieve their objectives through simulated attacks and to evaluate the effectiveness of your current security measures. In penetration testing, attack scenarios that real attackers are likely to use are designed and executed. The assessment looks not only at whether vulnerabilities exist, but also at attacker behavior after intrusion and whether high-risk information assets could be exposed, providing a view from the attacker’s perspective.
Asgent provides system vulnerability assessments as well as penetration testing.

As security incidents continue to spread, many organizations are required to establish robust internal security frameworks. At the same time, organizations are increasingly required to obtain various certifications to maintain and enhance their credibility in the market. By using information security audits and other mechanisms, and by adopting support from professional consultants together with the right tools, companies can implement risk management more smoothly and effectively.
Asgent provides comprehensive support for establishing internal security frameworks, as well as consulting services to assist with the acquisition of various certifications, including ISMS.

Information-leak incidents caused by malware embedded in email attachments – used to steal confidential data from enterprises and public organizations – continue unabated. In response, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Local Government Information Security Measures Study Team, made up of outside experts, released a report in November titled “Toward Fundamental Reinforcement of Local Government Information Security Measures.” The report recommends strengthening the monitoring of unauthorized communications through a “Local Government Information Security Cloud,” separating business systems connected to LGWAN (the Local Government Wide Area Network used for My Number–based information linkage) from systems connected to the internet, and ensuring “sanitized” communication so that no malware can be carried between the two.
In addition to file sanitization products and solutions for detecting infections by unknown malware, Asgent also offers managed security services that provide external monitoring for security products, delivering security solutions optimized for local governments.

Cyberattacks that use the supply chain as a stepping stone to target the primary organization are known as supply chain attacks. In recent years, they have become one of the major threats ranked highly in the "10 Major Information Security Threats" published annually by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA).
Asgent provides assessment and diagnostic services that help organizations understand their own security posture, which is a key element of supply chain attack countermeasures.

Traditional security models have assumed that information assets to be protected reside inside the corporate network and that threats come from outside. As a result, security measures have focused on "perimeter defense," protecting the boundary between internal and external networks. However, as the use of cloud services expands and work environments become more diverse through practices such as remote work, neither the location of connected devices nor the destination of data is limited to the corporate network. This has made the "perimeter" itself increasingly blurred and traditional defenses less effective.
This is why the concept of "Zero Trust" has attracted growing attention. In a Zero Trust model, security threats are considered to exist not only outside the corporate network but also within it, and every request to access protected internal resources is treated as untrusted and must be verified.
Asgent provides solutions that enable Zero Trust by verifying all communications.