Macnica launches a manufacturer-approved usage support service that maximizes the effects of implementing SecurityScorecard, a security rating platform ~Details and prioritization of issues, supporting efficient operation and building the desired organizational structure~

Macnica (headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Kazumasa Hara; hereinafter referred to as Macnica) announced today that it will begin offering a manufacturer-certified SecurityScorecard utilization support service to enable more efficient and effective use of SecurityScorecard, Inc. (headquarters: New York, USA; CEO: Alexander Yampolsky; hereinafter referred to as SecurityScorecard) products after their installation.

■Background
In recent years, damage caused by supply chain attacks has been occurring frequently around the world, and even if organizations maintain a high security level and are difficult to infiltrate directly through cyberattacks, attacks may occur via business partners or subsidiaries with relatively low security levels. There are cases where doing so may allow intrusion. In such cases, it is difficult for an organization to notice an intrusion because the attacker disguises it as a normal business interaction, and it is difficult for an organization to notice the intrusion until it causes actual damage.As a result, the importance of risk management throughout the supply chain is rapidly increasing. It's increasing. However, the scope of management is wide and diverse, including group companies, business partners, and subcontractors, it is difficult to control companies with no capital relationships, there is a shortage of personnel, language barriers, and quantitative evaluation is difficult. , it is difficult to fully understand security risks.
Macnica offers a product from SecurityScorecard that can quantify security risks throughout the supply chain, but some customers find that the tools they have installed are not effective due to a lack of security personnel or uneven IT skills among personnel. There are many companies that are not making progress in utilizing it.

■Characteristics of SecurityScorecard usage support service
The SecurityScorecard Utilization Support Service is a service that supports the understanding of risks throughout the supply chain and the construction of supply chain risk management systems more effectively and efficiently when used in conjunction with SecurityScorecard's products.
Our dedicated engineers, who have many years of experience in improving Macnica 's supply chain security system and investigating, analyzing, and responding to customers' externally disclosed assets, will hold regular meetings to help customers operate SecurityScorecard's products more effectively and efficiently. We provide support for building the desired organizational structure. We provide detailed explanations of the number and content of detected issues (security-related issues), review usage status, visualize the current situation and issues of the customer, and provide planning support for prioritizing countermeasures and improvement proposals. To do. In addition, we provide enhanced information obtained through close collaboration with manufacturers and how to utilize it, supporting further utilization.
Furthermore, by regularly providing the latest threat trends from specialists who are well-versed in cyber attack methods, including Macnica 's Security Research Center, we will not only be able to provide countermeasures against supply chain attacks, but also help address the ever-increasing complexity of cybersecurity. We will continue to provide support to address these issues.

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Cyber attacks are expected to continue to become more sophisticated and ingenious. Macnica will continue to utilize the latest threat trends and knowledge it has cultivated over many years to strengthen the security of Japanese companies.
　
Regarding this announcement, Dai Fujimoto, Representative Director and President of SecurityScorecard Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of SecurityScorecard, said:
"We wholeheartedly welcome Macnica 's provision of the SecurityScorecard Utilization Support Service. As the need for constant monitoring and rapid response to ever-increasing cyber risks grows, we are confident that the combination of our products, including SecurityScorecard Ratings, and Macnica 's SecurityScorecard Utilization Support Service, which serves as a support desk based on their know-how, will lead to the success of our customers' operations. We will continue to strengthen our partnership with Macnica and develop solutions that further strengthen our customers' supply chain risk management (third-party risk management) environments."

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URL: https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/security/manufacturers/securityscorecard/utilization-support.html

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Macnica SecurityScorecard product manager
TEL: 045-476-2010
E-mail: SSc-Sales@macnica.co.jp

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