Okayama Prefecture is directing small and medium-sized businesses affected by possible unauthorised access or information leaks to a dedicated support site run by Japan’s Information-technology Promotion Agency, known as IPA. Its October 19 notice follows announcements of data theft affecting a range of domestic businesses.
The notice separates specialist cyber-incident support from wider business-management advice. For the latter, it lists the prefectural small-business support centre at the Okayama Industrial Promotion Foundation, on the first floor of Techno Support in Haga, Okayama, reachable on 086-286-9626. Local chambers of commerce and commercial associations also accept management enquiries.
Businesses that have suffered an incident are asked to report it to police. The prefectural page links to IPA’s special site, the business-support centre and the National Police Agency’s unified cyber-incident reporting contact. It does not establish that a particular Okayama company has been breached.
岡山県、中小企業向けに不正アクセスの相談窓口を案内
岡山県は10月19日、不正アクセスや情報漏えいの被害、またはその可能性がある中小企業向けに、IPA（情報処理推進機構）の特設サイトを案内した。国内の幅広い事業者から情報窃取等の公表が相次ぐ状況を踏まえたもの。専門的なサイバー事案の相談と経営全般の相談を分け、後者は岡山県産業振興財団内・テクノサポート1階の県中小企業支援センター（086-286-9626）や地域の商工会・商工会議所で受ける。被害に遭った場合は警察への通報も求め、IPA、支援センター、警察庁の統一窓口へリンクしている。特定の県内企業の被害発生を発表したものではない。