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Pentacon Research Launches Interview Series “Where Defenders Stand Now,” Featuring FFRI Security CTO Ryoji Kanai

Pentacon Research, Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuya Hiradate) has launched Where Defenders Stand Now, an interview series that records conversations with practitioners on the front lines of cybersecurity as part of its research activities, and published Part 1 of the first volume on October 15, 2026. The first volume features Ryoji Kanai, CTO of FFRI Security, Inc. Part 1 discusses vulnerability response and change management in the age of AI. Part 2 is scheduled for November.

The heading "Where Defenders Stand Now Vol.1 Part 1" and the title in Japanese over a photo of Kanai and Hiradate in conversation, with the name Pentacon Research, Inc. at the top right

Part 1

AI Can Write Patches. So Why Does Vulnerability Response Never End?

About Where Defenders Stand Now

Technology, organizations, business leadership and society. Through conversations with practitioners on each of these front lines, the series records what defenders are seeing now, what has changed and what has not, and what needs to change next.

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About Pentacon Research, Inc.

Pentacon Research, Inc. conducts research and analysis on information security and provides PentaTrail CTEM/ASM, which helps organizations discover their externally exposed assets and improve their security.

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