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I Will Appear on the Okinawa Open Days Panel “Current and Future OSS Initiatives in Economic Security”
It is already the day of the event—in fact, I am writing this now (12/4 9:45) at my desk while preparing for the panel—but I will be appearing on the panel named in the title. The…
The “DS-511 Guidelines for Handling Digital Identity in Identity Verification for Administrative Procedures, etc.” Have Been Published
After 3 years of development, the Digital Identity Guidelines, to which I had the privilege of contributing as an expert (Expert Meeting on the Revision of the Identity Verificatio…
Age Verification: The UK Online Safety Act Is Being Toyed With in All Kinds of Ways—Bypassing It With VPNs and Evading Biometrics With Death Stranding
What Is the UK’s Online Safety Act? The UK’s Online Safety Act formally became law after receiving Royal Assent on October 26, 2023, and came into full force from March…
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Releases Draft 2025 Report of the Study Group on Realizing a Safe and Secure Metaverse — Identity Verification, Privacy, and Accountability in the Metaverse (Public Comments Accepted Until 8/27)
Update: Public comments are being accepted from August 4 through 27. If you have comments, please submit them via https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/01iicp01_02000126.html. S…
FSA to Revise Supervisory Guidelines, Moving to Mandate Phishing-Resistant Authentication. Despite What Some Articles Say, This Does Not Mean Biometric Authentication! Public Comments Due by 8/18
On 15, the Financial Services Agency began accepting public comments under the title “Publication of Proposed Partial Amendments to the Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of…
The Threat of Real-Time Phishing That One-Time Passwords Cannot Prevent: The Essence of Passkeys’ Phishing Resistance
In recent years, phishing attacks targeting financial institutions and others have grown increasingly sophisticated. In particular, a method known as “real-time phishing” has becom…
Japan Post Reportedly Considering a 7-Character Alphanumeric Address Identifier for Deliveries by Rakuten Group and Others, but…
The top story in the Nikkei on 5/26 was reportedly “Japan Post to Identify Addresses with 7-Character Alphanumeric Codes; Rakuten Group and Others Consider Adoption for Deliveries,…
Authorized Push Payment (APP) Fraud and the Impact of Digital ID Wallets
I wrote this report several months ago, but I think it is important, so I am publishing it here. In A4 format it runs to 28 pages… It is also related to the currently discuss…
Japan’s Financial Services Agency Calls on Financial Institutions to Review the Practice of Emailing Password-Protected ZIP Files (So-Called PPAP)
According to a May 22 report by The Nikkin, Japan’s Financial Services Agency appears to have called on financial institutions to review the practice of emailing password-pro…
【Digital Agency】Summary of the Expert Meeting on Revising the Digital Identity Verification Guidelines (FY6) Published
On April 1, the Digital Agency published the summary of the Expert Meeting on Revising the Digital Identity Verification Guidelines (FY6). “DS-500 Guidelines for Online Identity Ve…