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Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Fujitsu expands managed security services

Fujitsu is expanding its Fujitsu Security Solution Global Managed Security Service, which provides centralised lifecycle support, from cyberattack prediction to system restoration. The company is strengthening endpoint and cloud security, and will provide analyses of threat information from the dark web*.

From May, the Fujitsu Security Solution Cybereason EDR Service will be available in Japan. The service is a total package of deployment, operations, and maintenance for Cybereason EDR**, software that can detect cyberattacks by unknown sources on endpoints using machine learning. EDR stands for endpoint detection and response.

In the cloud domain, Fujitsu will offer a service to customers that use Microsoft 365 E5*** whereby the company operates on their behalf accompanying integrated security services**** that defend from, detect, and respond to cyberattacks, and Fujitsu will also offer a service that provides customers individualised reports detailing dark web and deep web***** threats. Both services are to be rolled out in Japan from August 2018.

In addition to these three services, Fujitsu is offering in Japan from May Fujitsu Security Solution Global Managed Security Service Express, which expedites deployment by offering specific parts of the existing Global Managed Security Service.

Under the Cybersecurity Management Guidelines 2.0, revised by the Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) in November 2017, companies are asked not only to defend against cyberattacks, but to embrace wide-ranging countermeasures, from attack detection to recovery.

In light of this, Fujitsu is expanding its Global Managed Security Service, providing from May operations and maintenance for Cybereason EDR, which can detect previously unknown malware attacks in endpoints, and is also rolling out a managed operations service for the integrated security services that accompany the cloud service Microsoft 365 E5 and a service that provides individualised reports to customers on threat information from the dark web.

New are:

1. An all-around service that performs deployment to operations of Cybereason EDR

From May 2018, Fujitsu will offer a service using Cybereason Japan's Cybereason EDR, which can detect cyberattacks that cannot be blocked by antivirus products. Fujitsu's security engineers will perform tasks like monitoring and operations.

As Cybereason EDR uses machine learning to recognise patterns of activity in a device that has been attacked, and analyses movements unique to attackers, it can even detect attacks by unknown malware. With this service, Fujitsu's security engineers will analyse alerts detected by Cybereason EDR, identify infected devices, stop inappropriate processes, and suggest recommended countermeasures, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This will reduce the burden of security operations for customers in endpoints such as PCs.

Microsoft 365 E5, an integrated solution from Microsoft Corporation combining Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security, offers cybersecurity countermeasure functions in a uniform manner across multiple services, namely, ID, e-mail, SaaS and endpoint. Running operations for those services not only requires high security skills, it also requires a 24-hour-per-day, 365-day-per-year monitoring system and rapid responses to intrusions such as malware.

Fujitsu has accumulated a broad range of experience by developing proprietary tools to detect warning signs of an attack in Active Directory, which is an important component in managing user information in Microsoft products, and used those tools in countermeasures for targeted cyberattacks. Building on this experience, Fujitsu will roll out from September 2018 a service in which its security engineers will handle everything from the operation of the integrated security services included in Microsoft 365 E5, to 24x7x365 monitoring of customer environments, to the response after a cyberattack is detected.

3. Collaboration with IntSights for technology capable of collecting dark web threat information

In order to be prepared for advanced cyberattacks, it is important to plan countermeasures in advance with an understanding of the attacker's motives, goals, characteristics, and methods, but the judgment of a security expert with specialized knowledge is indispensable in extracting information relating to one's own company from voluminous and wide-ranging attacker information. Fujitsu has agreed to collaborate with IntSights Cyber Intelligence Ltd., which offers a service that can collect threat information from the places that attackers use to share information, such as the dark web, which are difficult for ordinary people to access.

In August 2018, Fujitsu is set to offer a service to extract and analyse threat information for specific customers from the massive amounts of information flowing through the dark web and deep web.

Based on the insights and experience gained from providing the Global Managed Security Service to customers across a variety of industries, handling monitoring and operations, Fujitsu is also launching Global Managed Security Service Express, which can reduce deployment time from the previous three months to just one month by systematising and offering only the most essential services in the Global Managed Security Service, such as 24-hour-per-day, 365-day-per-year real-time log monitoring.

Lior Div, CEO, Cybereason and Director, Cybereason Japan commented, "As threats become more advanced and sophisticated, day by day, and as it is becoming impossible to block 100% of security threats, the question of how to implement countermeasures and operations that prioritise defense, assuming an intrusion will occur, has become an important element of business continuity. 

"By combining the Global Managed Security Service offered by Fujitsu with Cybereason's technology, based on a machine learning engine (AI) and experience developed in Israel's military intelligence corps (Unit 8200), I firmly believe that customers will be able to detect and visualise the signs of a cyberattack in real time, gaining an environment that can prevent advanced cyberattacks, including targeted attacks. Going forward, Cybereason Inc. will work with Fujitsu to provide optimal cybersecurity for customer environments, first in Japan, as well as APAC and EMEA, with an eye toward expansion around the globe."

Yoshinami Takahashi, Managing Executive Officer, Microsoft Japan said, "To help customers realise their future business growth strategies by digital transformation, Microsoft and Fujitsu are partnering tightly in key initiatives including workstyle transformation, AI, and cyber security. By combining Fujitsu's Global Managed Security Services, the Intelligent Security Graph and Microsoft 365 E5, customers will be able to effectively eliminate the risk of targeted cyberattacks in real time and realise the safe and secure customer experiences for the cloud services. 

"The Intelligent Security Graph is the big data from over 1 billion Windows devices, 450 billion user authentications per month and 400 billion email messages per month. Microsoft 365 E5 is powered by AI services for comprehensive cyber security protection, detection to response. Moving forward, Microsoft Japan and Fujitsu will continue to collaborate to support the digital transformation of customers."

Fujitsu expects to raise 300 billion yen in annual sales of security-related products and services globally in fiscal 2019.

*Dark web websites that can only be accessed from specialised web browsers, used for applications such as collecting information and sharing tools.

**SoftBank is the Japanese distributor for Cybereason EDR.

***Microsoft 365 E5 comprises Office 365, an integrated information sharing cloud service that aggregates such functions as email, Office, scheduling, and online meetings; Windows 10, the latest operating system, and Enterprise Mobility + Security, a cloud-based solution that provides both security countermeasures and productivity improvements.

****Integrated security services refers to three services: Office365 Advanced Threat Protection, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, and Azure Advanced Threat Protection.

*****Deep web Websites that are difficult to access, used for applications such as collecting information and sharing tools.

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