Cybersecurity Research Center (SU)

Center Director: Hideki Sunahara (Professor, Graduate School of Media Design (KMD))

Campus locations: Hiyoshi and Shonan Fujisawa

As the internet becomes a social infrastructure, it is becoming essential to implement measures to ensure that activities on it can be conducted safely and securely. This requires not only technical measures but also the essential development of accompanying organizational management, social systems, and legal frameworks. This research center conducts research and development to devise such wide-ranging and comprehensive cybersecurity measures. In particular, we will address the following themes:

Cybersecurity, crisis analysis, crisis prediction, Identity/Trust, educational training packages

■ Activities continuing from the previous fiscal year: Background, rationale, and goals for continuation

The following themes implemented in fiscal year 2015 will be continued in fiscal year 2016.

In fiscal year 2015, we focused on establishing the research environment as a start-up, so it is essential to continue full-scale development. Therefore, we will continue these activities, positioning them as the center's core research and development items. In particular, item 1 is a joint research agreement with Hitachi, Ltd., and item 3 is a project adopted by the NEDO SIP, so they will be continued as important items.

■ New activity goals, content, and implementation background for fiscal year 2016

Research topics related to cybersecurity are constantly changing. We will constantly monitor these situations and establish a system to respond quickly to new research themes. Specifically, we will create a mechanism to constantly consolidate reports from each member and be able to start research and development on new themes. In fiscal year 2016, we anticipate an increase in cybersecurity challenges related to the Internet of Things (IoT) and plan to conduct thorough research in this area.

■ Implementation details, research results, and degree of achievement against the business plan for the fiscal year

In fiscal year 2015, as part of the research center's start-up, we conducted preparatory work for basic research to achieve our objectives. In the research and development of construction and operation technologies for distributed SOCs, we examined the current SOC architecture and identified the functions necessary for decentralization. In particular, we investigated the latest trends in the attacker's kill chain and examined the collaboration functions in a distributed SOC during the response phase. Regarding Trusted Identity, we investigated the latest trends, such as the OpenID Consortium and the FIDO Alliance, and identified the necessary functional requirements. In the development of training material packages for human resource development, we organized the existing SecCap training materials used within the university and identified missing functions. We also conducted hearings with relevant organizations to identify issues and necessary items to adapt these training materials for use in critical infrastructure organizations.

Furthermore, to promote international collaboration in this research and development, we held an international symposium and held discussions on cooperation with related organizations in Europe and the United States.

International Cybersecurity Symposium (February 29, 2016, West School Building Hall, Mita Campus)

In fiscal year 2015, we focused on establishing the research foundation. As a result, our project was adopted by NEDO's "Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) / Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure," and we concluded a joint research agreement with Hitachi, Ltd. Furthermore, by consolidating our individual achievements to date, we have prepared for research and development in the coming fiscal years. Additionally, we believe that the International Cybersecurity Symposium has helped establish a foundation for international collaboration.