OBC Announces Security & AI Strategy for "Bugyo Cloud" to Support Business Continuity in the AI Era

OBC (Orbic Business Consultant Co., Ltd., President and CEO: Narifumi Wada, Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), developer and seller of core business systems including "Bugyo Cloud" such as "Kanjo Bugyo," announced its future security and AI strategy at the "OBC Partner Conference 2026," a strategy announcement meeting for sales partners held in 13 venues nationwide from May 25, 2026.

<Opening Remarks> Narifumi Wada, President and CEO, Orbic Business Consultant Co., Ltd.

Key Topics

1) "Bugyo Cloud" Achieves "Privilege Separation Design" Structurally Resilient to Ransomware Through Collaboration with Microsoft Japan

Amidst the increasing threat of ransomware attacks, "Bugyo Cloud," as a PaaS-native SaaS service on Microsoft Azure, has realized a "privilege separation design" where application privileges cannot access the OS or database infrastructure at all. Together with Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd., who was invited as a guest, OBC declared its continued commitment to protecting all "Bugyo Cloud" users from ransomware.

(Left) Narifumi Wada, President and CEO, OBC (Right) Jiro Kobayashi, Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Solutions Business Division Head, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.

2) "AI Development Roadmap" to Accelerate AX (AI Transformation)

Given the current state where AI utilization in back-office operations is not sufficiently advanced, OBC is proceeding with the provision of "Bugyo AI Assistant," which is based on "concrete usable scenarios" rather than mere AI development.

Furthermore, the company announced its development concept for "Bugyo AI Agent," which operates autonomously and performs tasks on behalf of users. The launch of the AI Agent, unveiled for the first time at the venue, was also announced, presenting initiatives to expand partner business opportunities and improve customer operational efficiency.

3) Visualization of "Peace of Mind" Through the Supply Chain Security (SCS) Evaluation System and New Partner Business Strategy

OBC discussed a business strategy to strengthen the system that enables partners to objectively evaluate and propose customer security status, in response to the "Supply Chain Security (SCS) Evaluation System" promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. "Bugyo Cloud" is designed to comply with many of the system requirements demanded by the SCS evaluation system, and OBC will strengthen its collaboration with partners to enable customers to advance their security measures based on the SCS evaluation system through this service.

(Left) Katsuhiko Karakama, Executive Officer, Head of Development Division, OBC (Right) Toshio Ogino, Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division, OBC

Realizing "Peace of Mind" and "AX" for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Together with Over 3,000 Partners Nationwide

OBC positions fiscal year 2026 as a crucial year where "Security" and "AI" will be key drivers of business growth. Moving forward, OBC will continue to deliver "Security" that supports customer business continuity and "AI (AX)" that brings innovation to operations, not just through functional enhancements or sales initiatives, but together with partners across the country.

OBC Partner Conference 2026

*Target Audience: OBC Partners, Companies considering a business partnership with OBC

*Remaining venues: 2 venues (July 6 in Takamatsu, July 13 in Sendai)

Endorsement

Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. sincerely welcomes the announcement of Orbic Business Consultant Co., Ltd.'s security and AI strategy at the "OBC Partner Conference 2026."

We believe that the privilege separation design realized by Orbic Business Consultant Co., Ltd. in "Bugyo Cloud" utilizing Microsoft Azure is effective as a countermeasure against increasingly sophisticated ransomware and is an important initiative supporting the business continuity of many customers.

Furthermore, we are confident that the development concepts focused on concrete business applications such as AI Assistant and AI Agent will provide significant value by accelerating AX (AI Transformation) for small and medium-sized enterprise customers.

Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. will continue to promote innovation with security and AI as twin pillars through collaboration with Orbic Business Consultant Co., Ltd., contributing to the further growth of our customers.

Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.

Jiro Kobayashi, Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Solutions Business Division Head