Security News > 2021 > February > Cisco and Japan collaborate on mass-scale digitization to support inclusive pandemic recovery

Japan and Cisco announced a collaboration framework through Cisco's Country Digital Acceleration Program to drive mass-scale digitization across Japan in support of its Society 5.0 vision and towards an inclusive recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The program in Japan was unveiled at virtual event attended by Guy Diedrich, Vice President and Global Innovation Officer at Cisco, and Ichiro Nakagawa, Vice President and Head of Japan at Cisco, Wayoh Suzuki, Chairman, Cisco Japan, with remarks via video from Takuya Hirai, Japan's Minister of State for Digital Transformation, the Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System and Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy.

"I would like to express my sincere respect for Cisco's program to support digitalization around the world. In Japan, Cisco has been promoting a number of projects to support digitalization in areas such as IT talent development, network security, industry, government, education, and healthcare. This direction is exactly what we are aiming for," said Minister Hirai.

Cisco will support the development of secure network platforms for Government and Critical Social Infrastructure.

Cisco will help advance the digitization of education and help bridge the digital divide that exists, in terms of equity of access to online resources.

Cisco will work alongside enterprises, including small and medium sized businesses, to help them adapt to the ongoing changes in the way we work, triggered largely by the pandemic.

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