SecureNavi and AppGuard Japan Form Strategic Partnership to Integrate ISMS Support with Next-Gen Cyber Defense

SecureNavi Inc. (CEO: Tomohiro Izaki) announces a strategic partnership with AppGuard Japan Co., Ltd. (CEO: Tadashi Onizawa).

To date, we have supported corporate governance enhancement through ISMS and P-mark certification and operational support. Through this collaboration with AppGuard Japan, we will establish a cooperative structure capable of responding to a wider range of customer needs and build new co-creation schemes.

Sophisticated Cyber Attacks Currently, cyber threats facing enterprises, such as ransomware and zero-day exploits, are becoming increasingly diversified and sophisticated. Traditional security measures, primarily based on detection and response, often have a time lag between attack recognition and remediation, failing to eliminate the risk of damage expansion during that window.

For organizations operating critical infrastructure or mission-critical systems, a single breach can directly halt business operations, making this a critical management challenge.

Changing the Detection-Based Approach AppGuard, provided by AppGuard Inc., fundamentally alters the conventional detection-based approach by transforming the device itself into a fortress—a next-generation security solution.

Even if unknown malware infiltrates the system, it prevents the execution of fatal commands (such as writing or tampering) to the OS, effectively neutralizing attacks before they succeed. This prevents worst-case scenarios, such as undetected breaches, and dramatically reduces incident response workloads.

Key Features of AppGuard AppGuard is a cyber security software developed and provided in Japan, based on technology initially developed for U.S. government agencies. As of the end of March 2026, it has been selected by a total of 22,000 companies in Japan, primarily in the manufacturing and healthcare sectors.

Three main features:

- **Proven Defense Record**: Boasts high defense performance, having blocked all 82 methods tested between April 2023 and March 2026. - **Protected Mechanism with Patented Technology**: By combining startup control, behavior control, and area control, it permits no commands that deviate the system from its normal state. - **Minimal Operational Costs**: As it does not require definition file updates or threat intelligence references, it maintains protection in closed or standalone environments with low operational load.

By blocking and neutralizing attacks at the source, it can be combined with EDR to prevent incidents before they escalate, allowing for realistic and managed response times.

Contact Information Company: SecureNavi Inc. Contact Person: Kodaira Email: y.kodaira@secure-navi.jp