2025.03.26
The Keio University Cybersecurity Education Research Group, from the lab of Associate Professor Mitsuyasu Ishikawa of the Faculty of Policy Management, was selected for the "Outstanding Work" Award and received the National Police Agency Cyber Police Bureau Counselor's Award at the 2024 Cybersecurity Volunteer Public Awareness Contest.
The "Cybersecurity Volunteer Public Awareness Contest" is an annual national competition hosted by the National Police Agency, where participants compete by creating original 30-second videos on the theme of cybersecurity. The Keio University Cybersecurity Education Research Group submitted an entry in the "Anti-Phishing Measures" category. From among entries submitted by cybersecurity volunteer groups nationwide, it was selected for the Outstanding Work Award (National Police Agency Cyber Police Bureau Counselor's Award), which is equivalent to second place.
Outstanding Work (Counselor's Award)
Keio University Cybersecurity Education Research Group
Title: "Phishing Scams! Protect Yourself from Phantom Thief Octopus"
Riki Miyata (4th year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
Kazunori Yoshida (4th year, Faculty of Policy Management)
Sakura Sugawara (3rd year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
Hikoko Honda (3rd year, Faculty of Policy Management)
Mari Inoue (2nd year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
Miyu Otsubo (2nd year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
So Nakano (4th year, Faculty of Policy Management)
Riko Shimabukuro (3rd year, Faculty of Policy Management)
Comments from the Award-Winning Students
We are greatly honored to have received an award in the 2024 Cybersecurity Volunteer Public Awareness Contest.
During the production process for our contest entry, we not only engaged in friendly competition among the teams within our research group but were also helped by a great deal of advice from our peers in other teams, which enabled us to create a work worthy of this award. We would like to once again express our gratitude to Professor Ishikawa for his guidance, and to all the members of our research group. Furthermore, during the final selection stage of the contest, we received tremendous support in the voting on the National Police Agency's X account from everyone, including SFC faculty and staff, and our fellow Keio students. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all. Thank you very much!
As the number of cybercrimes increases year by year, we have been considering how best to communicate these dangers to elementary and junior high school students in an easy-to-understand way. We intend to continue exploring this through our research group's activities and contribute to society.
Source: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office