Nihon Cyber Defence opens Kyiv office
Key Highlights
- Nihon Cyber Defence officially opens Kyiv office on December 30, 2025
- Opening attended by the Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, senior officials from both countries, UNIDO, and JICA
- Office to serve as a center for bilateral cybersecurity cooperation
- NCD to deploy Japanese-developed cybersecurity technologies and establish SOC capabilities in Ukraine
- MOUs signed with Ukrainian energy and digital authorities
Kyiv, Ukraine – 2025/12/30 — Nihon Cyber Defence Co., Ltd. (NCD) held an official opening reception for the Kyiv office in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 30, 2025, in the presence of His Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Masashi Nakagome, senior officials of the Government of Ukraine, Deputy Head of UNIDO Interim Program Office in Ukraine, Orena Kovalova, as well as Senior Representative of JICA Ukraine office, Shota Suzuki, among others.
NCD President and CEO Cartan McLaughlin participated as the host and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with guests, including Ambassador Nakagome.
“It is extremely important to support Ukraine including its cyber resilience as well as strengthening the cyber resilience of Japan, at the same time.”
Cartan McLaughlin, Nihon Cyber Defence CEO
This office is expected to become the center for co-operation in the field of cybersecurity between Japan and Ukraine, where we aim to deploy the state-of-the-art Japan sovereign technology we are developing to Ukraine and establish Security Operation Centers that utilises such technology. This is expected to further improve Ukraine’s cyber resilience and support the reconstruction efforts, including the expansion of Japan business in the future. We also aim to utilize the experience and knowledge in Ukraine to improve the cyber resilience of Japan’s so-called Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
“NCD’s cutting-edge technologies will create strong synergies with Ukraine’s unique experience and proven expertise.”
Masashi Nakagome, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine
In his opening remarks, Cartan thanked the governments of Japan and Ukraine, as well as UNIDO, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan which is providing funding for the UNIDO program, for their tremendous support and cooperation. He also made the following comments:
“As former Prime Minister Kishida remarked a few years ago, “Today’s Eastern Europe may become tomorrow’s East Asia”, it is extremely important to support Ukraine including its cyber resilience as well as strengthening the cyber resilience of Japan, at the same time.
We are confident that the combination of leading Japanese cyber security technology and innovations gained through practice in Ukraine will further strengthen the cyber resilience of both countries.”
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Nakagome made the following remarks in his guest speech:
“I would like to emphasize that this collaboration represents a truly mutually beneficial partnership between our two countries. I am confident that NCD’s cutting-edge technology will create strong synergy with Ukraine’s unique experience and proven expertise. And at the same time, Ukraine’s innovation and hard-earned learnings from it’s difficult experiences will also contribute to strengthening Japan’s own cybersecurity capabilities.”
The Head of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine, Oleksandr Potii, made the following comments in his guest speech:
“Cooperation with Japan’s partners is crucial because cyber defense is a critical component of national security in the face of modern threats. I am happy to report that our agency is working on an MOU between ourselves and NCD now. We consider this as a step towards building a close and practical partnership between the Agency and NCD in the future.”
Cartan and Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization of the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tsybort signed an MOU between the respective institutions on this occasion.
“Cooperation with Japan’s partners is crucial because cyber defense is a critical component of national security in the face of modern threats.”
Oleksandr Potii, Head of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine
We also had participation from our expected future partners, Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization of Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Roman Andarak, and Deputy Head of Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization of State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development of Ukraine, Roman Komendant, as well as Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization of Ministry of Youth and Sport of Ukraine, Vitalii Lavrov
As a Japanese company with a global network specializing in cybersecurity and intelligence, NCD will continue to cooperate with countries and companies in like-minded countries such as Ukraine that seek the prosperity and happiness of the nation and its people through a free and open social and economic system. We will do our best to strengthen the cyberspace resilience, and the national and economic security of Japan and its like-minded allied nations.
