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S&J Corporation is a cybersecurity company that primarily serves enterprises. The company provides services including CSIRT and SOC operational support, incident response, and monitoring and management services. Leveraging expertise developed through work with large and mid-sized corporations, S&J also develops domestically-produced, affordable security products for small and medium-sized businesses.

The company's primary customers are large and mid-sized enterprises, for which it provides CSIRT development, SOC support, and incident response services. For small and medium-sized businesses, S&J offers competitively-priced products and monitoring services through both direct sales and reseller channels including system integrators. Most services operate on annual contracts with recurring revenue models, ensuring stable sales and high customer retention rates.

S&J operates a single cybersecurity business segment, which is divided into two service categories: consulting services and SOC services. The consulting division provides security advisory, incident response, email analysis, vulnerability assessments, and foreign product distribution. The SOC division offers proprietary monitoring infrastructure, third-party product operations, a monitoring agent specialized for directory services, and monitoring and management of the cloud-based EDR product "KeepEye."

The company is prioritizing the expansion of ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue), a stable revenue stream, as the centerpiece of its growth strategy, supported by favorable external market conditions. The domestic network security market is projected to grow from 579 billion yen in fiscal 2021 to 866.7 billion yen in fiscal 2027, representing an annual growth rate of approximately 7.0%. The company aims to increase ARR and operating profit margin by gaining market share in this expanding sector. Currently, SOC (Security Operations Center services) accounts for approximately 74% of revenue. The company is pursuing stable growth by strengthening this existing foundation and acquiring new customers.

The company is focusing investment on three areas: enhancing services by integrating consulting with SOC, securing and developing talent, and strengthening sales capabilities. Specifically, it is expanding recruitment and internal training to improve on-site response and analytical capabilities, increasing sales personnel with business expertise, and strengthening channels with system integrators and resellers. The company differentiates itself by offering domestically developed solutions that are "neither excessive nor insufficient," with cloud-compatible environments and communication-based SOC (combining advisory and monitoring services) customized for each customer.

For new market development, the company plans to expand its customer base through low-cost domestic products and monitoring services targeting small and medium-sized enterprises. It is expanding new services including the proprietary cloud-compatible EDR product "KeepEye" and directory monitoring agents, while increasing revenue per customer through cross-selling to existing customers and growing incident response contracts. Additionally, the company is accelerating new SOC contract acquisition by raising brand awareness through seminars and presentations, and expanding its sales partner network.

On the technology front, the company is advancing monitoring infrastructure and product development domestically, focusing on system stability and reducing recovery time during emergencies. Specific initiatives include implementing redundancy in data centers and networks, deploying monitoring automation, and improving detection accuracy through EDR and agent enhancements, all coordinated with rapid analysis and response by SOC. Financially, the company has no debt and maintains adequate liquidity, positioning itself to meet funding needs for business expansion through strengthening retained earnings and improving operating cash flow, while building comprehensive operational capacity.