SoftBank Corp. and SB OAI Japan GK said on July 14 that they had launched an OpenAI-powered cybersecurity service in Japan, expanding the rollout to 3,000 eligible companies whose systems support critical infrastructure.

The service provides vulnerability assessments, diagnostic reports, remediation recommendations, and patch deployment.

SB OAI Japan, SoftBank and OpenAI’s Japan enterprise AI joint venture, is owned 50-50 by the two companies.

SoftBank said it plans to establish an Enterprise AI Cyber Defense Office on July 16.

Together with SB OAI Japan, it plans to deploy about 1,000 personnel to deliver the service and consulting.

The companies said assessments for a select group of customers found about 280 potential vulnerabilities per 10 million lines of source code on average, with 25% classified as high risk.

They also plan a separate modernization service for refactoring code, updating programming languages, and migrating some legacy on-premises systems to the cloud.

🔗 Source: SoftBank Corp.

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