Mitsufuji, which develops the wearable IoT brand “hamon(R),” adopts the “Secure IoT Platform(R)” to strengthen the security of IoT devices

SoftBank Technology Corp. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Shinichi Ata, hereinafter referred to as SBT), Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Yasutoshi Magara, hereinafter referred to as Cybertrust Japan), Miracle Linux Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Tatsuo Ito, hereinafter referred to as ML) has agreed to a basic agreement with Rambus of the U.S. for the Secure IoT Platform (R), which will be developed by Mitsufuji Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: We are pleased to announce that our product has been adopted by the wearable IoT brand "hamon(R)" provided by Seika-cho, Kyoto Prefecture, CEO: Ayumu Mitera (hereinafter referred to as Mitsufuji).

The adoption of this "Secure IoT Platform (R)" will strengthen the identification and authentication of devices and the secure collection and management of acquired data in "hamon (R)". * Click here for details on “Secure IoT Platform R”.

Going forward, the three companies and Mitsufuji will continue to develop the Secure IoT Platform(R) for the hamon(R) Wi-Fi transmitter, which is scheduled to be released in early 2018. .

Adoption of “Secure IoT Platform(R)”
Mitsufuji is a wearable IoT company that provides a total service from textiles to the cloud. From development, manufacturing, and sales of silver-plated conductive fiber "AGposs(R)" created using Nishijin textile technology, to employee physical condition management and health management management through total services centered on the wearable IoT brand "hamon(R)" We provide solutions that handle personal information that requires extremely high confidentiality.
Previously, "hamon(R)" collected data acquired from a wearable biosensor to the cloud via a smartphone using Bluetooth, but with a Wi-Fi type transmitter that will be released in the future Data can now be sent directly to the cloud, making it possible to use it flexibly in a wider range of environments.
On the other hand, in order to prevent threats from external networks, security enhancement mechanisms such as software updates and terminal authentication are required to address vulnerabilities.
This time, the "Secure IoT Platform (R)" securely stores electronic authentication information from the manufacturing stage of Wi-Fi type transmitters, and by linking with the authentication system, cloud access is provided only to devices whose authenticity has been confirmed. In addition to being able to provide services, it also creates a mechanism for securely distributing updated software over the air (OTA).

Adoption of "Microsoft Azure"
This system focuses on high reliability and flexibility, and adopts Microsoft 's cloud platform "Microsoft Azure". Along with this, the "Japan Partner Conference 2017 Tokyo ~ Inspire Japan!" hosted by Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. on September 1, 2017 We will give a presentation on this system at the keynote at the Tokyo venue.
Commenting on this announcement, Minami Takahashi, Executive Officer and Managing Director of Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd., said, "We look forward to the Japan of IoT business innovation through the fusion of Mitsufuji's state-of-the-art wearable devices and the SoftBank Technology Group's safe and secure IoT platform. We're excited to help make this service a reality with Azure."

About Mitsufuji
Mitsufuji was founded in 1956 as a textile factory run by Nishijin-ori artisans.
After that, we developed, manufactured, and sold silver-plated fibers as a new business, and succeeded in developing a wearable electrode sensor in-house. Today, the development, manufacturing, and sales of conductive fibers for wearable IoT products, ``AGposs (R)'' and wearable IoT products, ``hamon (R),'' have grown into core businesses, and are the only company in the world that has We have become a company that takes on the challenge of global standardization of wearable IoT, which originated in Japan, and is capable of integrated manufacturing and service provision.
Now, more than 60 years after our founding, we aim to solve various social issues through products that combine technology backed by tradition with cutting-edge wearable IoT technology.
For more information about Mitsufuji, please refer to the URL below.
https://www.mitsufuji.co.jp/

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