On October 13, CSSC displayed posters and gave lightning talk about the latest research results at "Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) / Cyber-Security for Critical Infrastructure Symposium 2017".
On September 29, Sony Corporation joined CSSC as an association member. RIKEN joined CSSC as a supporting member.
June 21, 2017
On June 20, Fortinet Japan K.K. joined CSSC as an association member.
October 3, 2016
On September 26, Cisco Systems G.K. joined CSSC as an association member.
October 3, 2016
On September 26, Mitsubishi Space Software Co.,Ltd. joined CSSC as a supporting member.
September 20, 2016
On September 16, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited CSSC.
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December 28, 2015
On December 25, local elementary school students visited CSSC as a part of "5th Disaster risk reduction technology tour" in Tagajo city.
July 28, 2015
As of July 24, 3,730 people have visited CSSC.
July 28, 2015
On July 22, local elementary school students visited CSSC as a part of "4th Disaster risk reduction technology tour" in Tagajo city.
July 15, 2015
Tsuyoshi Okumura, CISSP, Evaluator of Control System Security Center Certification Laboratory, is selected as an honoree for the ninth annual (ISC)2 Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) . For more information, please see press release by (ISC)2.
July 08, 2015
New CSSC promotion movies and a kids animation("Can robots catch colds?") are uploaded on YouTube. Click the banner on the right to watch CSSC channel.
July 08, 2015
As of July 3, 3,684 people have visited CSSC.
July 07, 2015
On July 3, a 3 members observation team, icluding Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), visited CSSC.<photo>
June 23, 2015
CSSC overview document is updated.
June 15, 2015
On June 4, a 17 members observation team of "Royal College of Defence Studies" visited CSSC.<photo>
March 16, 2015
On March 16, Dr. Daishiro Yamagiwa, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, visited CSSC.
March 11, 2015
Tohoku University joined CSSC as an association member.
February 24, 2015
As a part of "The Training Program on Enhancing Information Security for ASEAN", 30 trainees from ASEAN countries took one day seminar in CSSC.<photo>
February 10, 2015
As a part of "Project on capacity building for information security", 12 participants from ASEAN countries took one day seminar in CSSC.<photo>
January 27, 2015
As of January 23, 2931 people have visited CSSC.
January 26, 2015
On January 23, Chair of Special Mission Committee on IT Strategy, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Takuya Hirai, Secretary-General. Mineyuki Fukuda, Mr. Shintaro Itoh, Mr.Toshinao Nakagawa, Mr.Tsuyoshi Hoshino and Mr. Fumiaki Kobayashi, visited CSSC.<photo>
December 26 2014
On December 25, local elementary school students visited CSSC . The purpose of this visit is to expose students to disaster reduction technologies developed in Tagajo city.<photo>
November 17, 2014
On November 17th, Deputy Secretary-General of Thai Industrial Standards Institute(TISI) and participants of "The Training Program on the Standards for Industrial-Process Measurement, Control and Automation[ENTS]" visited CSSC.<photo>
November 17, 2014
On November 14th, 56 participants of "Meridian Conference 2014" visited CSSC.<photo>
November 17, 2014
As of November 14th, 2,585 people have visited CSSC.
October 29, 2014
ENCS and CSSC signed a letter of intent (LoI) to further strengthen their existing collaboration with regard to cyber security for critical infrastructures.
October 21, 2014
As of October 17th, 2,182 people have visited CSSC.
October 16 2014
CSSC gave 2 lectures in "2014 ICSJWG Fall Meeting" held in Idaho, USA on October 7 and 8th.
● Whitelisting Technology Which Considers Attack Vectors and System Complexity on Industrial Control Systems
● Follow-up on Japan’s Control Systems Security Center (CSSC) Efforts Since 2012
Presentations are available from ICS-SERT web site.
October 01, 2014
Mr.Kensuke Tomita, Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, visited CSSC on September 29th. <photo>
October 01, 2014
As of September 26th, 2,099 people have visited CSSC.
July 17, 2014
On July 15th, Mr.Andre Ristaino, ASCI Managing Director, visited CSSC-CL and exchanged information with CSSC-CL members.ASCI is an organization that governs ISCI which is promoting ISASecure® EDSA certification. <photo>
Mr.Sadayuki Sakakibara, Chairman of KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation), visited CSSC on July 9.
June 03, 2014
Mr.Yasutoshi Nishimura, Senior Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office, visited CSSC on June 2. <photo>
May 27 2014
Mr. Hideaki Kobayashi, Vice president of CSSC, gave a lecture at the 2nd The II Ibero-American Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity, held in Bogota, Colombia on May 27 and 28th. Title of the lecture is "Control Systems Cyber Security Center Activities for Social Infrastructure in Japan".
May 20, 2014
CCI (Industrial Cybersecurity Center) and CSSC signed the Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) on April 4th. As a first activity, CSSC will make a presentation at 2nd Ibero-American Industrial Cybersecurity Congress on May 27-28th in Bogota, Colombia.
12 mayors of Miyagi prefecture visited CSSC on April 25th. <photo>
April 29, 2014
Tokyo Research Center has moved to Atago, Minato-ku in Tokyo.
April 19, 2014
DENSEK (Distributed ENergy SEcurity Knowledge) visited CSSC on April 18th. <photo>
April 07, 2014
ETDA (Electronic Transactions Development Agency) from Thailand visited CSSC on April 4th. <photo>
March 28 2014
Local elementary school students visited CSSC on March 28th. The purpose of this visit is to expose students to technologies for disaster reduction in Tagajo city.
March 05, 2014
Cyber security researchers from England visited CSSC on February 26th. <photo>
January 28, 2014
Training Programs to Support Enhancement of Information Security in the ASEAN Region was held at CSSC. We had a lively discussion about security of critical infrastructures.<photo>
January 28, 2014
Mr.Tsutomu Tomioka, Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Mr.Minoru Kihara, Parliamentary Secretary of Defense visited CSSC on January 27th. <photo>
Training Programs to Support Enhancement of Information Security in the ASEAN Region will be held at CSSC. Click METI's News release for further information.
December 19, 2013
Mr. Hideaki Kobayashi, Vice president of CSSC, gave a lecture in the 9th Annual US-Japan Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Forum, held in Washington, DC., on December 4th and 5th. Title of the lecture is "Activities of CSSC for Secure Society Infrastructure".
December 02, 2013
CSSC and the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration in cyber security for critical infrastructures.
Mr.Koichi Tani, Senior Vice Minister for Reconstruction, visited CSSC on September 3, 2013.<photo>
July 10, 2013
We posted a movie about CSSC on Youtube.This video introduces control system security mainly on an introduction of CSSC and CSS-Base6.To watch the video, click here.
Seiichi Shin has been reappointed as a President, and Hideaki Kobayashi has assumed the full-time role of Director by the Executive Board on June 17. A list of all the latest Executive Officers can be found here.
June 26, 2013
The report of the “Control System Security Center Tohoku Tagajo Headquarters(CSS-Base6) Opening Symposium” is released. To view the documents, the banner at right (available only in Japanese).
June 10, 2013
The "Control System Security Center Tohoku Tagajo Headquarters(CSS-Base6) Opening Symposium", held on May 28 at Tagajo Citizen Center, was a huge success.
The PowerPoint documents which have been used in the symposium can be downloaded from
here.
May 13, 2013
On May 28, Tohoku Tagajo Headquarters is going to be open.
This is the nation's first testbed facility for control system security, which has simulated plants of science technology, electricity, and gas.
May 13, 2013
The "Control System Security Center Tohoku Tagajo Headquarters(CSS-Base6) Opening Symposium" is going to be held on May 28, 2013 at Tagajo Citizen Center, Small Hall.
July 13, 2012
The "Control System Security Center Opening Symposium" was held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. Thank you for your participation.