Koichiro Komiyama

Koichiro Komiyama is the Deputy Director of the Global Coodination Division and Manager of the Enterprise Support Group at JPCERT/CC, the Japanese Computer Emergency Response Team. He is also a research scholar at the Keio University Global Research Institute (G-SEC). His current focus is research related to phishing, insider threats, and targeted attacks.

Previously, Mr. Komiyama has worked as a security analyst and led the gathering of security information and publishing multiple security alerts and advisories at JPCERT/CC. Prior to joining JPCERT/CC, he worked as a systems engineer for Internet Security Systems (IBM ISS), where he was in charge of large IDS/IPS system designs and operations. In addition, he was a member of the Board of Directors of FIRST, the global Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams from 2014 to 2018.

Mr. Komiyama has obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Business at the Aoyama Gakuin University and currently works on his Ph.D. research in Global Governance and Regional Strategy at the Keio University, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Japan.