Upstream Welcomes ex-Fujitsu Executive to Expand Operations in Japan
May 14 2024 - 7:30PM
Business Wire
Mr. Toshiya Sato will spearhead Upstream’s accelerated growth in
the region; Upstream also releases the Japanese edition of its 2024
Global Automotive Cybersecurity Report
Upstream Security, a leading provider of cybersecurity detection
and response (XDR) for connected vehicles and IoT, announced today
the appointment of Toshiya Sato as its new president in Japan. Mr.
Sato will support the continued growth and expansion of Upstream’s
activities in Japan. This latest appointment reinforces Upstream's
commitment to the Japanese market, providing cutting-edge
cybersecurity and data management solutions aimed at safeguarding
connected vehicles and IoT devices.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Sato to the Upstream Security
team,” said Yoav Levy, Upstream’s Co-founder & CEO. “With Japan
at the forefront of automotive innovation, Mr. Sato's extensive
experience collaborating with some of Japan's largest corporations,
combined with his unwavering drive, will significantly fuel our
growth in the region.”
“The sharp rise in scale and impact of cyber attacks on the
Automotive industry requires immediate action across the entire
mobility ecosystem. As highlighted in Upstream’s 2024 Global
Automotive Cybersecurity Report, Japanese OEMs as well as global
stakeholders are subject to ransomware attacks, data breaches,
operational disruptions and safety risks caused by cyber threats,”
stated Mr. Sato. “I’m honored to join Upstream at this pivotal
point in time and spearhead efforts to provide an extraordinary
suite of solutions and services, designed to empower Japanese OEMs,
automotive suppliers and IoT vendors with the most advanced
technology in the market.”
In his last role Mr. Sato was Executive Partner at Gartner,
providing technology consultancy services to CIO and IT executives
across dozens of Japanese enterprises. Prior to that, Mr. Sato held
various leadership roles at Fujitsu for over 30 years. In his
latest leadership position with Fujitsu, Mr. Sato served as the
Head of Mobility & Logistic Global Offering, focused on
supporting Japanese corporations, accelerating product development
and boosting global competitiveness. Mr. Sato advocated strongly
for innovation and introduced startups to the Japanese market to
expand the adoption of advanced IoT, AI and cybersecurity
technologies.
In addition to this new appointment, Upstream announced today
the release of the Japanese edition of its 2024 Global Automotive
Cybersecurity Report. This report reveals an inflection point in
the global automotive cybersecurity landscape, in which high and
massive scale incidents account for nearly 50 percent of all
incidents and threaten millions of connected vehicles on the
road.
About Upstream Security Upstream provides a cloud-based
data management platform purpose-built for connected vehicles and
IoT, delivering unparalleled mobility cybersecurity detection and
response (M-XDR) and data-driven applications. The Upstream
Platform unlocks the value of mobility data, empowering customers
to build advanced data-driven applications by transforming highly
distributed data into centralized, structured, contextualized data
lakes. Coupled with product-driven Cyber Threat Intelligence, the
first mobility cybersecurity threat intelligence solution, Upstream
provides industry-leading cyber threat protection and actionable
insights, seamlessly integrated into the customer’s environment and
vehicle or mobility security operations centers.
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