| Representative |
Masato Hamamura
Originally from Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, he joined Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. as a new graduate after completing graduate school. After joining the company, he was involved in the maintenance and development of systems related to power transmission, as well as in-house information security work. In 2019, he was seconded to the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and took specialized training on security measures for industrial control systems. Based on this experience, he began research and development activities related to cybersecurity in 2020 and presented the results of his activities at conferences both in Japan and overseas. In 2021, he founded his current company with the aim of commercializing the results of his research and development. His hobbies are camping, marathons, and Netflix. |
| Main Achievements |
Participate in the ICT Startup League in 2023
Selected for the JETRO Startup Acceleration Program in 2023
Presented at the US international security conference Black Hat USA Arsenal 2022 in 2022
Selected for the Kyushu Electric Power Open Innovation Program 2022 in 2022
Selected for the NEDO Research and Development Venture Support (NEP2021) program in 2021
Presented at the domestic international security conference CODE BLUE 2021 in 2021
Presented at the US international security conference Black Hat USA Arsenal 2021 in 2021 |
| Childhood Dream |
I wanted to become an astronaut and explore deep space, or to create maps for the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. At first glance, these seem like completely different jobs, but I think I had a fundamental desire to explore and uncover unknown territories. |
| Influential People, Things, and Events |
Person: Nobori Daiyuu
Thing: The Tower of the Sun
Event: The re-landing of the Falcon 9 first stage rocket |
| Motivation, Goals, and Ideal World |
In today's society, where everything is connected to the Internet and highly integrated and automated, cyber attacks that intentionally destroy these systems and information are a clear threat to all organizations, companies, and individuals. There are many security products to prevent cyber attacks, but there are only a few products from Japanese companies, and they have almost no international recognition or market share. As a result, security measures in Japan, including government agencies, are heavily dependent on overseas products. However, it is necessary to protect one's own assets with one's own power. Through our work at critical infrastructure operators and government agencies, we felt a sense of crisis about this situation of dependence on overseas products, and we started a company with the aim of changing the situation (making domestic security a global standard). We believe that the world we aim for is a world where people do not need to be conscious of security. We aim to automatically detect system configuration errors and vulnerabilities using AI, and to automatically repair and change settings, so that security can be maintained automatically without people having to be conscious of security. |
