Fair Management
Information Security
Network threats such as loss, leakage and alteration of information can lead to the weakening of a company’s business base. At Alps Electric, the Information Management Subcommittee set up under the CSR Committee works on developing foundations in order to eliminate such risk and to operate safe information systems and networks. The Subcommittee establishes relative regulations and proposes training plans for information security, and is committed to working with information officers from departments to implement security measures company-wide.
Efforts to Ensure Information Security
Alps Electric's information security procedures were initially centered on network security. However, measures were later taken to tighten overall security in actually managing information; measures which included improving employee training and regulations concerning information management. In fiscal 2006, Alps Electric’s domestic locations adopted software called "Document Security," which encrypts documents and prevents confidential or important information from leaking to external bodies. In 2007, this software was extended to all our affiliates in China, ASEAN, Europe, and the United States, realizing an information security system on a global scale.
In addition, web filtering software has been adopted to enhance compliance, respond to internal controls needs, and further prevent information leakage. The filtering software avoids varied network dangers by limiting employee Internet access.
Alps Electric will continue to maintain and improve its global management regarding measures in information security.
Encrypting documents and limiting users
Protecting Personal Information
Alps Electric recognizes the importance of protecting personal information and has established structures for implementing, maintaining and improving personal information management. For example, we have created regulations for the protection of personal information and also provide regular training for employees to raise awareness of the associated risks. Information management officers appointed to departments assist in information security measures and the appropriate handling of personal information. Alps Electric is committed to preventing loss, leakage, alteration, destruction, and illegal access of the personal information of its employees.
Information Systems Department,
Alps Electric Headquarters
Yoshiaki Yasunaga
The basic tenets of Alps Electric’s information management policies are; nobody discloses information outside the company without proper authorization; restricted channels of information and restricted user access are in place at all times; and, one must never attempt to access information by side-stepping the proper channels. To enforce these policies, we use a number of methods to promote information security. In fiscal 2007, our data-encoding software was extended to our overseas affiliates, laying the global foundation for our information security architecture. I am committed to both improving our information operations and striking a balance between information security and ease of use.
