Fujitsu has launched a new secure information-sharing platform aimed at tightening protection across sensitive supply chains, with an initial focus on defence and critical infrastructure customers in Japan.
The Fujitsu Trusted Supplychain Service, unveiled on 20 August 2026, is built around the security framework set out in NIST SP 800-171, the U.S. standard for handling Controlled Unclassified Information in non-federal systems. Fujitsu said the service is the first of its kin...
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d in Japan and is intended to help companies exchange data and communicate more safely without having to build and run their own bespoke security environments.
The company is pitching the platform to industries where the leakage of design files, technical specifications and intellectual property can have serious commercial and national-security consequences. In those sectors, Fujitsu said, the challenge is not only protecting individual systems but maintaining a consistent security posture across multiple suppliers and partners.
According to Fujitsu, the service draws on technology from Exostar LLC, a U.S. specialist in secure collaboration software that has worked with the Japanese group since 2019. Exostar said separately that it is supplying the secure Microsoft 365-based environment that underpins the new offering. The system includes controlled access, authentication and information-sharing functions designed to keep sensitive material inside a managed enclave rather than spreading it across less tightly governed systems.
Fujitsu said the service is hosted in domestic data centres registered under Japan’s Information System Security Management and Assessment Programme, with monitoring and support provided by its own specialists in Japan. It is also using Microsoft 365 for communications, which Fujitsu said should make the service easier for customers to adopt.
The launch comes as Japan’s economic security agenda and new procurement rules for defence equipment have raised the bar for supply-chain security. Those requirements increasingly refer to NIST SP 800-171, making compliance a practical necessity for companies that want to work on highly sensitive programmes.
Fujitsu is also offering a separate version for handling U.S. Controlled Unclassified Information, using American cloud infrastructure to meet U.S. government requirements for companies doing business with the Department of Defence. The company said it is also exploring the use of artificial intelligence in the platform with Exostar.
By packaging compliance, identity controls and secure collaboration into a single service, Fujitsu is seeking to lower the cost and complexity of security management for suppliers while improving continuity and competitiveness in Japan’s industrial base.
Source: Noah Wire Services
