LAC
A Pioneer in the Cyber Security Operations in Japan

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of global supply chains, especially where robust and resilient mechanisms lacked. The digital sphere is no different. Investments in security are at an all-time high, yet cyberattacks are still on the rise, both in number and sophistication. In a recent survey by Gartner, cybersecurity was the top priority for new spending, with 61 percent of the more than 2,000 CIOs surveyed increasing investment in cyber/information security this year. Furthermore, a recent report by Check Point Research (CPR) stated that APAC countries as the most targeted region globally by ransomware and malicious threat (APT) groups. The study revealed that APAC countries experienced a whopping 168 percent increase in cyberattacks between 2020 and 2021, with Japan, Singapore, and Indonesia leading the pack in sharpest increases. That said, it is essential to consider the snowball effect when looking at the popularity of the APAC region as a target for attackers. As cyber-criminals have a higher chance of a successful attack in the region, the others want to follow suit. A leader and pioneer in the cybersecurity industry, LAC, headquartered in Japan and branch in Singapore, offer total managed security services (MSS) that include consulting, penetration testing, capacity building, monitoring, and incident response to malicious combat threats and prevent future cyber-attacks. In addition, the company has carved a niche for itself by striving to ensure a client is one step ahead of data security using its in-depth knowledge, skills, and expertise in automated analysis and incident investigation through an in-house Cloud SIEM and onsite or online cybersecurity.

Starting their cybersecurity services in 1995, anticipating the dawn of modern IT society—LAC is a pioneer in the cybersecurity space, accumulating a wealth of knowledge and expertise in mitigating increasingly sophisticated cyber threats using cutting-edge technologies and best industry practices over the years. Initially, the company began by offering security diagnostic services to check for any vulnerability in the customer’s system through a vulnerability assessment. In 2000, LAC set up the Japanese Security Operation Center (JSOC), currently the largest cyber-security threat monitoring center operating 24 hours for 365 days. The JSOC provides security monitoring services such as Managed Security Services (MSS) to enable clients to optimize the performance of their security devices through real-time analysis in correlation to its in-house SIEM, called LAC Falcon®.

In the next 12 to 18 months, we want to increase our flexibility and achieve high quality of enterprise cyberspace monitoring based on our experience, to respond to the customer requests more accordingly," says Ko Sasaki

LAC offers a wide variety of monitoring services starting from EDR, internal systems, and perimeter devices such as Firewall, IDS/IPS, and Web Application Firewall (WAF). Today, LAC serves more than 1,000 organizations and monitors more than 500,000 devices to detect and block malware infection and attacks on servers in DMZ.

Based on the data accumulated through two decades of experience in security monitoring and operation, LAC Falcon® visualizes various incidents and risks to enable a quick and advanced incident response. LAC Falcon® reports only the most relevant critical attacks by eliminating false positives and unsuccessful attacks to enable clients to proactively mitigate the risks ensuring the minimal impact on business continuity. Experts at LAC compile this information into two parts—the first part consists of adding LAC’s signature into the firewall to simplify the task of protecting websites from known attacks. The second part is sharing this information with the customer to provide a list of the domain of cyber-attackers into their devices to be well equipped against future attacks. Currently, “LAC Falcon” processes more than 800 million daily logs through a multi-stage screening process using its unique analysis engine to support customers.

Since its inception, LAC has strived to understand needs from a customers’ point of view and possess the knowledge and ability to provide the highest level of cyber security to protect their IT systems with state-of-the-art solutions. Against this backdrop, the company has continually focused on providing first-rate security services such as emergency response and action, information security planning, consulting services, and security personnel training to address customer trends and challenges. “In the next 12 to 18 months, we want to increase our flexibility and achieve high quality of enterprise cyberspace monitoring based on our experience, to respond to the customer requests more accordingly,” says Norimichi Uchida. As the Japanese government has established a new Digital Agency to overcome inefficiency in public administration, LAC firmly believes it will play a more significant role in securing enterprise data and networks. In that manner, the LAC is expected to function as a “lubricant” to improve the performance of the Digital Agency, which is an engine of reform to push the government forward both nationally and at the local level. ES