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Alps Alpine and FreeBit Co., Ltd. Jointly Develop Basic Technology for Log Data Storage Using Blockchain Technology to Counter Tampering Risk
Both Parties Start Using the Technology for Log Data Management
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Jul 23, 2019
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 6770; President & CEO: Toshihiro
Kuriyama) and FreeBit Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo;
Representative Director and President: Nobuaki Tanaka) have used
blockchain-related technology pursued under the vision of a “Trusted Internet”
to jointly develop “The Log,” a log data storage technology tied to
blockchains that counters the risk of data tampering.
Both Alps Alpine and FreeBit have started using The Log to store
log data for internal systems and services, as well as log data for external
clouds, in order to be able to deliver safer, more secure services.
The Log is an off-chain log storage platform enabling a guaranteed
high level of security at minimal cost. Log data that cannot be stored
entirely on public blockchains due to the time required to move the data, cost
or confidentiality issues (e.g. system log data, system access log data, log
data containing personal information) is stored in a decentralized file
system, while only the keys required to view the data are tied to blockchains.
Keys required to encrypt data or write to blockchains are strictly managed
using a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 hardware security module (HSM).
Alps Alpine has started using the jointly developed The Log for
storing system logs of its own services and anticipates application within the
automotive industry for storing data with a high level of security.
The company will examine ways to use the system as IT
infrastructure technology contributing to the automotive industry. For
example, the system could be used to manage such data as drive history and
accident history, allowing more transparent valuations of used cars on the
basis that blockchain technology characteristically makes data tampering
impossible. And as connected cars spread, leading to more of various kinds of
vehicle-related information, the system could be used to store the data in a
way it cannot be tampered with.
Alps Alpine will continue contributing to the automotive industry
by working with FreeBit to fuse automotive infotainment equipment development
and manufacturing expertise with IT software and infrastructure technology to
strengthen service development and operation capability.