The special feature "Goodbye, meaningless encrypted ZIP attachment emails" that we have been working on since the end of last year has been published in the journal Information Processing of the Information Processing Society of Japan.
The meaningless encrypted ZIP attachment email is commonly known as PPAP, a custom unique to Japan. It is now used by various companies, including government agencies.
The overall structure isKoichi EdoAfter discussing it with you, we came up with the following:
- 0.Editorial Notes - Ritual Security PPAP: Towards a Security Renaissance in Japan
- 1. What is PPAP? - The dark history of its development
- 2. Security Significance of PPAP
- 3. Why did we start doing PPAP?
- 4. Panel discussion: "How to eliminate PPAP from society"
- Natsuhiko Sakimura, Akira Ota, Masanori Kusunoki, and Tetsutaro Uehara
I had hoped to receive a contribution from a cultural anthropological perspective for the second chapter, but unfortunately this was not possible this time. If there are any cultural anthropologists out there who feel that they are up to the task, I would be grateful if you could contact me.
The fourth chapter is the much talked about roundtable discussion "How to eliminate PPAP from society." There are many topics that are not just for publicity, such as why stamps on paper are meaningless in modern times, how neither ISMS nor privacy marks are the root cause of PPAP, and how companies selling PPAP solutions might kill you, but that didn't happen. Please read it.
There is also a commemorative photo of the Zoom conversation.Beautiful meatThis is said to be one of the highlights.
If you are having trouble with PPAP, I hope you will quote this and find a way to overcome it.