Uzabase operates a range of platforms including SPEEDA, a business intelligence platform that accelerates decision-making, and NewsPicks, one of Japan’s largest economic news platforms. Since its founding in 2008, Uzabase has leveraged its economic data infrastructure to expand its business not only in Japan but also across North America, China, and Southeast Asia.
Recognizing that the essence of cybersecurity lies in ensuring business and organizational continuity, Uzabase has been actively enhancing its cyber resilience. Moving beyond a traditional “defense-centric” approach, the company has shifted its focus to a framework based on the assumption that “defenses can be breached,” emphasizing detection, response, and recovery.
From a management perspective, minimizing business impact in event of cyber incident is considered the core of cyber resilience. To that end, Uzabase is implementing measures that enhance the recovery capabilities not only of its IT department but also of its operations, organizational structure, and decision-making processes.
Previously, Uzabase’ s cybersecurity strategy leaned heavily toward perimeter defense, focusing primarily on preventing external attacks. However, Uzabase faced challenges in preparing for and responding to incidents in the detection, response, and recovery phases. Additionally, the rapid expansion of cloud services and new business initiatives had made the IT asset landscape increasingly dynamic and complex. This led to a critical risk: the inability to fully and accurately grasp the company’s attack surface. Unintended exposure of digital assets, abandoned external endpoints, and other “unseen” vulnerabilities posed significant threats. Uzabase recognized the structural issues of unclear protection scope, inability to keep up with change, and lack of prioritization, and felt a strong need to address them.
Why DeCYFIR Was Chosen
As part of its cyber resilience enhancement efforts, Uzabase conducted a comprehensive review of cutting-edge security solutions available in the market. During this process, the company discovered DeCYFIR, a platform that integrates threat intelligence with attack surface visibility. CYFIRMA’s unique approach—viewing risk from attacker’s perspective—resonated with Uzabase’s strategic direction.
After a thorough evaluation of DeCYFIR’s alignment with Uzabase’s cyber resilience strategy and its practical applicability in operational environments, they decided to adopt the platform. The key factors in the decision were:
- Comprehensive visibility into Uzabase’ s attack surface
- Actionable and high-quality threat intelligence
- Outstanding customer success and support
- Strong alignment with Uzabase’ s strategic goals
Benefit of Implementation:
The most significant change Uzabase experienced after implementing DeCYFIR was the clear visualization of its digital assets and associated risks from an attacker’s perspective. The platform continuously detects vulnerabilities in externally exposed services, misconfigurations, and potential data leaks—issues that had previously gone unnoticed. This has enabled the company to proactively understand “what could be targeted.”
As a result, Uzabase is now building a proactive risk management framework that focuses on prioritized and preemptive responses before incidents occur. For example, DeCYFIR helps identify critical risks such as unpatched vulnerabilities and misconfigurations early, accelerating the company’s response efforts.
This shift has transformed Uzabase’ s security posture from a reactive model to a preventive and proactive one, significantly enhancing its overall cyber resilience.
Customer Testimonial
Keiichi Oh, Senior Executive Officer, CIO / CISO of Uzabase, commented:
“At Uzabase, cybersecurity is one of our top management priorities. DeCYFIR’s attacker-centric visibility and actionable intelligence align perfectly with our resilience strategy, enabling us to take a proactive stance against business risks. We look forward to continuing our partnership with CYFIRMA as a core enabler of our business continuity and trust.”
About DeCYFIR
DeCYFIR is an integrated cybersecurity platform that delivers seven key threat insights related to cyber threats and risks targeting an organization. It provides a unified view of attack surface management, exploitable vulnerabilities, brand impersonation risks, digital risk protection, cyber situational awareness, threat intelligence, and third-party risks. By correlating and analyzing data from multiple perspectives, DeCYFIR delivers personalized intelligence that enables security teams to intuitively understand their threat landscape and respond swiftly and effectively.
About CYFIRMA
CYFIRMA is a global cybersecurity company specializing in external threat landscape management. The company integrates cyber threat intelligence, attack surface visibility, and digital risk protection to deliver multi-layered insights from an attacker’s perspective. Powered by a proprietary cloud platform leveraging AI and machine learning, CYFIRMA helps organizations anticipate threats from the planning stages of cyberattacks and take proactive countermeasures.
CYFIRMA serves numerous global enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, and operates across Tokyo, Singapore, APAC, EMEA, and the United States.
Full Case Study (in Japanese) :
https://www.cyfirma.com/jp/news/usecase_uzabase/
