Panasonic Group

Panasonic Group, one of Japan's leading electronics manufacturers, faced a critical challenge: vulnerabilities from fast-evolving cyber threats. Manual threat intelligence processes and subjective assessments couldn't keep pace with the demands of a global enterprise undergoing major transformation. By implementing the Recorded Future Platform, Panasonic revolutionized their security operations—achieving 50% faster threat analysis, automating vulnerability prioritization, and establishing proactive threat detection capabilities that now protect their operations worldwide.

Goal

Transform from reactive security operations to proactive, AI-driven threat intelligence capabilities across the global enterprise.

Herausforderung

Breaking away from reactive security operations that relied heavily on manual threat intelligence efforts and subjective threat assessments to establish proactive threat response capabilities.

Ergebnis

• Established proactive threat intelligence program
• Automated vulnerability prioritization and patching to streamline response and communications
• Achieved 50% faster threat analysis reports creation using Recorded Future AI
• Eliminated subjective decisions through unbiased threat intelligence
• Mitigated supply chain risk and enhanced response capabilities

As one of Japan's leading comprehensive electronics manufacturers, Panasonic Group uses Recorded Future to achieve proactive security operations and drive cyber resilience across its global enterprise.

Breaking Away from a Reactive Security Posture

Panasonic Group, one of Japan's leading electronics manufacturers, underwent a major transformation in 2022 when it transitioned to a holding company structure. As part of its "PX (Panasonic Transformation)" initiative—a company-wide transformation encompassing management model, corporate culture, human resources, and business processes, the company determined that their passive approach to security needed to evolve. Kagotani explains, “PX is not merely about improving efficiency through IT, but rather a company-wide transformation that encompasses how we conduct business, our way of thinking, and our mindset.”

Limited Intelligence and Passive Response Capabilities

Panasonic’s previous threat intelligence approach was reactive, leaving the company with outdated information and at a disadvantage in a world of fast-evolving threats. "At the time, the threat intelligence service we contracted only issued reports once a month, and we were unable to obtain important insights from them," explained Yusuke Nagai of the Cybersecurity Countermeasures Section.

There were also limitations in methodology, including how intelligence was collected and evaluated. "We were relying on a subjective approach, where 'security experts' would determine whether to share threat information with the company based on what they saw on social media and in the news," said Kagotani. "We felt a sense of crisis because we were unable to actively gather information and had to rely on passive information from outside sources."

The Need for Comprehensive Global Threat Visibility

For a company operating diverse businesses across the globe, building a security operations system that could quickly ingest, understand, and act on threat intelligence proactively became an urgent priority. Kagotani shared "We needed to incorporate threat intelligence into two axes—cyber hygiene (prevention in normal times) and cyber resilience (response in times of crisis)—to raise the security maturity of the organization. It was urgent we build a system that could comprehensively grasp global threat information and respond proactively."

Comprehensive Threat Intelligence

Panasonic Group conducted a proof of concept and saw immediate value from Recorded Future. The Platform solved their biggest challenges—reliance on humans to synthesize siloed threat data—and its ability to provide unified, objective threat analysis was a key differentiator.

Recorded Future's commitment to supporting practical implementation also was clear. “What sealed the deal was their hands-on support, which went beyond mere technical support to offer concrete solutions for the ideas we wanted to implement," Nagai noted.

AI-Powered Threat Analysis and Automation

Recorded Future's AI-driven threat intelligence platform became central to Panasonic's security transformation. The Platform enabled the company to:

• Standardize threat assessment: Replace subjective judgment with unbiased threat intelligence
• Automate vulnerability management: Quickly assess vulnerability criticality with dynamic Risk Scores and real-time Alerts on lifecycle changes
• Accelerate threat analysis: Analyze threat trends and create reports to quickly identify meaningful insights
• Enhance supply chain security: Make fast, effective, data-driven decisions on third-party risk management and response

Working with Recorded Future allowed Panasonic to move from manual, human-dependent processes to automated, data-driven security operations that could scale globally.

Proaktive Bedrohungserkennung und Reaktion

Implementing Recorded Future transformed Panasonic's security from reactive to a proactive stance. The most significant impact was the ability to see threats before they turn into attacks and make fast, effective, data-driven decisions.

"We are now able to conduct in-depth investigations into the methods and attack campaigns of relevant threat actors," Nagai explained. "Unlike conventional services, which only picked up specified keywords, we can now grasp the overall picture of threat actors and campaigns and track them based on enriched information and reports compiled by Recorded Future analysts."

Early Threat Detection Success

The proactive capabilities delivered immediate results during real-world threat scenarios. When a hacktivist group launched a DDoS attack campaign targeting Japan, Panasonic was able to detect it early through Recorded Future and implement preventive measures before impact.

Enhanced Threat Detection Coverage

Integrating Recorded Future’s threat intelligence with existing security tools, Panasonic is uncovering new threats to proactively protect against. "Using Recorded Future to match logs with IOC (technical information (e.g., IP addresses, domain names) with traces of attacks), we discovered new threats that could not be detected by EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) or web proxies alone," said Xu Jingbo from Infrastructure Security Planning.

Operational Efficiency and Standardization

The implementation achieved significant improvements in operational efficiency:

• Automated threat analysis: Tasks previously relying on human logic were automated
• Standardized assessment: Risk Scores eliminated subjective decision-making
• Faster detection: Recorded Future AI cut threat analysis report creation time by 50%
• Streamlined communication: Automated internal alerts replaced manual processes

Future-Ready AI Integration

To support the strategic initiative “Panasonic Go,” Panasonic is leveraging Recorded Future’s intelligence to develop advanced systems where natural language descriptions can trigger AI to automate decisions.

"Similar to the security business transformation in PX, we aim to promote a new style of cybersecurity operations that run without human intervention," Kagotani stated, outlining their vision for fully automated cybersecurity operations for the future.

Panasonic Relies on Recorded Future to Support Transformation

Panasonic Group's transformation from reactive to proactive security operations demonstrates the power of AI-driven threat intelligence in modernizing enterprise cybersecurity. Implementing Recorded Future, the company not only achieved measurable ROI—including 50% faster threat analysis and automated vulnerability management—but also established a foundation for future-ready security operations that can scale across their global enterprise.