Dentsu Research Institute begins providing “security governance construction support service” for local governments

Dentsu Research Institute begins providing “security governance construction support service” for local governments ​
Dentsu Research Institute, Inc. Press release: November 13, 2024 Dentsu Research Institute begins providing “security governance construction support service” for local governments – Supporting security policy formulation and contributing to the realization of smart cities – Dentsu Research Institute, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Hirohisa Iwamoto, hereinafter referred to as “Dentsu Research Institute”), which realizes the evolution of companies and society through technology, is working to formulate security policies for the safe use of data by local governments. We will start providing the “Security Governance Construction Support Service” from Wednesday, November 13, 2024. With this service, local governments can formulate security policies and operational rules and procedures for complex smart city services in a short period of time, and provide safe and secure resident services that comply with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ smart city security guidelines*. You can. ■Background In the realization of smart cities by local governments, the utilization of data has become an important theme from the perspective of providing efficient services and improving user convenience. The “Smart City Security Guidelines” established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recommends measures for safe and secure data usage, but it takes time and effort for each local government to build a data usage system in accordance with the guidelines. The problem is that it requires cost.
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Points for safe and secure data utilization Dentsu Research Institute has been providing security governance consulting services to companies since 2013. In 2021, we launched the “Smart Society Center” to focus on municipal DX and smart cities, and have been supporting municipalities’ data utilization through the development and introduction of data collaboration platforms. We have now combined this know-how and knowledge to systematize and begin providing a consulting menu that supports a series of processes for formulating security governance policies, operational rules, and procedures for local governments. ■ Service overview The “Security Governance Construction Support Service” consists of two support services: the formulation of security policies for smart cities and the formulation of operational rules and procedures. Local governments can quickly build security governance while selecting the menu they need according to the phase of their smart city project. We can also provide various document templates such as sample terms of use that have been reviewed by lawyers with knowledge of security governance, reducing the creation burden on local governments. Details of the two support services are as follows. 1. Security policy formulation support We support the formulation of security policies related to data linkage that include not only local government offices but also many other parties involved in smart city construction and operation, such as service providers and system infrastructure vendors. [Service Menu] ●Organizing stakeholders ●Confirmation of consistency of related laws and guidelines ●Setting the applicable part ●Security policy formulation support ・Support for formulating basic information security policy ・Support for formulating personal information protection policy (privacy policy) ・Support for formulating
information security measures standards
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43138/307/43138-307-a0b4db550079e699f1b19e368505ec8a-800×253.png Phase 1: Basic plan (security policy formulation support) 2. Support for formulating security-related operational rules and procedures Based on the established security policy, we support the formulation of operational rules and procedures to further strengthen governance. [Service Menu] ●Support for determining data classification and handling policy ●Support for formulating terms of use ●Support for formulating incident response flow ●Risk assessment construction support ●Support for formulating evaluation criteria for outsourcees and partners
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43138/307/43138-307-c3e860bc1454c2f3194a513c948c91d3-800×315.png Phase 2: Design (formulation of security rules and procedures) By supporting local governments in building security governance, Dentsu Research Institute will promote the safe and secure use of data and contribute to the realization of convenient and comfortable smart city services. ​ *Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications “Smart City Security Guidelines (Version 3.0)”
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000955126.pdf ​ ■About Dentsu Research Institute https://www.dentsusoken.com Based on our corporate vision of “HUMANOLOGY for the future – creating the future with people and technology,” Dentsu Research Institute works in collaboration with three functions: “system integration,” “consulting,” and “think tank.” We aim to sincerely face society as a whole, including local governments and consumers, and create a cycle from proposing issues to solving them through technology, supporting and implementing the evolution of a better society. We will continue to promote “X Innovation” (cross-innovation) that transcends the boundaries of technology, industry, company, and region, and continue to open up the future and create new value with the power of people and technology. *On January 1, 2024, Information Services International Dentsu (ISID) changed its name to Dentsu Research Institute. *Company and product names mentioned in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.