GSX
Signed a strategic business alliance agreement with AGEST Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Digital Hearts Holdings.
Providing cybersecurity certification courses to over 500 engineers of the company.Furthermore, providing vulnerability diagnosis services to about 600 of the company’s customers, capturing the 6 trillion yen software testing market.
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Global Security Expert Co., Ltd. (Head office: 1-15-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Shiro Aoyagi, Stock code: 4417, https://www.gsx.co.jp/
As a company specializing in software testing, AGEST continues to grow rapidly, driven by the acceleration of DX, and will continue to strengthen its business foundation, PP&T (people, processes, and technology), in order to achieve further growth.
GSX will provide the company’s main product, the cybersecurity certification course, to over 500 of its engineers. In addition, the company will provide its approximately 600 customers with a package of its software testing and GSX vulnerability diagnosis services. By providing courses and diagnostic services, we will capture the software testing market, which is said to be worth 6 trillion yen, and strongly promote business expansion.
Significance and purpose of strategic business alliance
GSX is expanding its business results by providing security services suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as security education services for IT personnel. The need for security education for IT personnel is increasing dramatically, and the reason behind this is that security has become one of the qualities of IT. For example, in the process of system development, it is possible to develop IT systems without creating vulnerabilities by developing with security knowledge, and by performing security tests at an early stage of development, development work can be carried out without rework. This leads to improved quality.
AGEST is a software testing company that comprehensively supports software quality improvement by providing not only functional testing such as manual testing and test automation support, but also non-functional testing such as security testing and UI/UX improvement support. Doing. The domestic software testing market is currently in a growth phase and is said to have a potential of 6 trillion yen. GSX’s main purpose in this strategic business alliance is to expand its business performance by providing cybersecurity certification courses to AGEST’s engineers and providing security diagnostic services to the market that AGEST will capture. .
GSX’s growth strategy: Four elements to gain confidence in further growth and alliance strategy
As part of GSX’s medium-term management plan until the fiscal year ending March 2026, we aim to achieve 25% annual sales growth in existing businesses. We aim to expand our business and improve our corporate value by establishing alliances, including capital and business alliances, with strategic partner companies that can strongly promote our business together toward our respective objectives. [Four elements for growth]
1. Expand sales channels
Deployment of products to the customer network of strategic alliance partners 2. Expanding into new areas
Acquire new customers by expanding into new business areas
3. Expansion of resources
Increased sales by increasing human resources to provide various services 4. Expansion of service lineup
Expansion of sales opportunities by increasing the number of security services that can be provided
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https://agest.co.jp/
About Global Security Expert Co., Ltd.
1. Trade name: GLOBAL SECURITY EXPERTS Inc.
2. Business content: One-stop service for small and medium-sized businesses, including consulting, education for employees, security certification courses for engineers, security solutions, security SES, etc.
3. Head office location: 4F Suzu Eve Demium, 1-15-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022
4. Representative: Shiro Aoyagi, Representative Director and President 5. Stock code: 4417
6. Listed stock exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market 7. Capital: 542,121,000 yen (as of the end of September 2023) 8. Established: April 2000 (date of trade name change to Global Security Experts is listed as date of establishment)
9. URL: https://www.gsx.co.jp/
*Company names and product names mentioned in this text are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
About Global Security Expert Co., Ltd.
1. Trade name: GLOBAL SECURITY EXPERTS Inc.
2. Business content: One-stop service for small and medium-sized businesses, including consulting, education for employees, security certification courses for engineers, security solutions, security SES, etc.
3. Head office location: 4F Suzu Eve Demium, 1-15-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022
4. Representative: Shiro Aoyagi, Representative Director and President 5. Stock code: 4417
6. Listed stock exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market 7. Capital: 542,121,000 yen (as of the end of September 2023) 8. Established: April 2000 (date of trade name change to Global Security Experts is listed as date of establishment)
9. URL: https://www.gsx.co.jp/
*Company names and product names mentioned in this text are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.