Cyber Security Cloud, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Toshihiro Koike; hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), a global security manufacturer, is pleased to announce that it has won the grand prize of "Partner of the Year" at the "IIJ Partner of the Year 2025" awards hosted by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "IIJ").

■Reason for winning the award
The "IIJ Partner of the Year" award recognizes partner companies that have demonstrated particularly outstanding performance over the past year and earned the deep trust of their customers, among those that possess advanced expertise and know-how in IIJ services and provide solutions that precisely meet the needs of customers to realize their IT environments.

Our company's "Shadankun "has held the top sales share in the SaaS-based WAF market for three consecutive years, and has been adopted in a wide range of sectors, including domestic companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and e-commerce businesses. In addition, our efforts to promote a collaborative model that combines the strengths of cloud infrastructure and advanced security services, utilizing IIJ's cloud service infrastructure "IIJ GIO," were highly praised, leading to this award.

We will continue to strengthen our collaboration with IIJ and contribute to the realization of a safe and sustainable IT environment for our customers through the integration of cloud infrastructure and security technology.

About IIJ
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) was founded in 1992 and launched Japan's first full-scale internet connection service in 1994. Currently, the IIJ Group provides comprehensive network solutions to approximately 16,000 domestic and international companies, including internet connection, cloud computing, security, IoT, video streaming, and system construction and operation outsourcing. The company also offers the consumer communications service "IIJmio." For more information about IIJ, please visit https://www.iij.ad.jp/.

■About Cloud-based WAF "Shadankun "(https://www.shadan-kun.com/)
Cloud-based WAF "Shadankun" is a cloud-based web security service that detects and blocks external cyber attacks, protecting web servers and websites from information leaks and service outages. Utilizing the deep learning-based attack detection AI engine "Cyneural," it not only detects common attacks, but also quickly discovers unknown attacks and false positives, while the world's leading threat intelligence team, "Cyhorus," ensures a rapid response to the latest threats. It has achieved the top share of cloud WAF sales in Japan (*1), and is used by companies of all sizes.*1 Fuji Chimera Research Institute, "2025 Network Security Business Survey Overview, Market Edition"

Cyber Security Cloud, Inc. (https://www.cscloud.co.jp)
Address: JR Tokyu Meguro Building 13th Floor, 3-1-1 Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021
Representative: Toshihiro Koike Representative Director, President and CEO
Established: August 2010

With the mission of "creating a cyberspace that people all over the world can use safely and securely," we are a Japanese security manufacturer that provides vulnerability information collection and management tools and fully managed security services for cloud environments, centered on web application security services that utilize the world's leading cyber threat intelligence. As one of the global companies in cybersecurity, we will contribute to solving social issues related to cybersecurity and provide added value to society.