
Fifth Annual Security Forum focused on ties between U.S. and Japan in time of many Northeast Asia security challenges
May 16, 2018Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA’s Fifth Annual Security Forum focused on ties between the United States and Japan in a time of many security challenges in Northeast Asia and globally. The day-long conference, held May 2, 2018 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC, attracted nearly 300 attendees from the private sector, NGOs, academia, the media, and more.
Tags: Abe, admiral dennis blair, Collective Self-Defense, cybersecurity, Defense, Dennis Blair, foreign policy, Japan, Korea, military, North Korea, Nuclear, security, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations

Asia on Air Episode 07: Operation Rugby Daemon
April 13, 2018Categories: Asia on Air
In this episode of Asia on Air, Lin Wells II and Rick Ledgett stopped by to share with us their thoughts on how the cybersecurity community is poised to deal with threats such as phishing e-mails and state sponsored cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity: Corporate Decision-Making to Prepare a Trusted Global Supply Chain
March 28, 2018Sasakawa USA and Keio University will co-host a symposium on cybersecurity March 28-30 at Keio University, Mita Campus, in Tokyo. “Cybersecurity: Corporate Decision-Making to Prepare a Trusted Global Supply Chain” will explore developments in corporate efforts to manage cybersecurity risk in global supply chains.
Tags: cybersecurity, cybersecurity defenses, global supply chains, internet of things, Japan, Table Top Exercise, TTX

Cybersecurity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities in Japan
January 22, 2018On January 22, Sasakawa USA held a special roundtable discussion with participants of the December 2017 Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) trip to Japan who were selected in partnership with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). The roundtable centered on “Cybersecurity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities in Japan” and the discussion was led by two of the SEED delegates.
Tags: cyber attacks, cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, innovation, Japan, Kyoto, osaka, Tokyo

Sasakawa USA exercise featured in World Economic Forum column
November 30, 2017Categories: Cyber beat, In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
William H. Sato, a special advisor to the Cabinet Office of the Japan government, wrote about ways to prepare for cyber attacks in a November 27 column published in the World Economic Forum. Sato outlined the activities and findings of a recent tabletop exercise (or TTX) sponsored by Sasakawa USA.
Tags: cyber3, cybersecurity, Rugby World Cup, Sasakawa USA TTX