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Top cybersecurity employers in Japan

NEC leads Japanese cybersecurity with a Visibility score of 74.4 out of 100, 5.2 points ahead of Fujitsu. Hitachi is joint 2nd. The list covers the 62 cybersecurity employers AI recommends to job seekers in Japan.

62 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    NEC

    #1 in Japanese cybersecurityEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay, purpose and interviews, among others. The cybersecurity employer AI recommends most in Japan.

    74.4
  2. 2

    Fujitsu

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay, purpose and interviews, among others.

    69.2
  3. 2

    Hitachi

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for innovation, pay and purpose, among others.

    69.2
  4. 4

    NTT

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for job security and the hiring process.

    64.1
  5. 4

    Trend Micro

    #1 for leadership#1 for onboarding#1 for Product ManagementEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership, onboarding and innovation. No other Japanese cybersecurity employer is named for leadership or onboarding by every AI.

    64.1
  6. 6

    Palo Alto Networks

    #1 for Sales#1 for Software Engineering#1 for Threat ResearchEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for work-life balance and the hiring process.

    59.0
  7. 7

    Microsoft

    #1 for career growthEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for career growth and the hiring process. No other Japanese cybersecurity employer is named for career growth by every AI.

    56.4
  8. 8

    Google

    #1 for Security EngineeringEvery AI

    AI recommends it most for inclusion, career growth and innovation, among others.

    43.6
  9. 9

    CrowdStrike

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for the hiring process.

    41.0
  10. 10

    IBM

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for the hiring process.

    35.9

Everyone else

11 to 28Cisco, PwC, Deloitte, Fortinet and 20 moreShow
  1. 11Cisco33.3
  2. 12PwC30.8
  3. 13Deloitte28.2
  4. 13Fortinet28.2
  5. 13NTT Data28.2
  6. 16KPMG23.1
  7. 17EY20.5
  8. 17Mitsubishi Electric20.5
  9. 19Rakuten17.9
  10. 20AWS12.8
  11. 20Accenture12.8
  12. 20MUFG12.8
  13. 20NTT Communications12.8
  14. 20Sophos12.8
  15. 25Amazon10.3
  16. 25Mizuho Financial Group10.3
  17. 25SMBC10.3
  18. 28Canon7.7
  19. 28Canon IT Solutions7.7
  20. 28Check Point Software7.7
  21. 28KDDI7.7
  22. 28Panasonic7.7
  23. 28Secureworks7.7
  24. 28Toshiba7.7
35 to 40Apple, Broadcom, Hitachi Security, SoftBank and 24 moreShow
  1. 35Apple5.1
  2. 35Broadcom5.1
  3. 35Hitachi Security5.1
  4. 35SoftBank5.1
  5. 35Tokyo Electron5.1
  6. 40ESET2.6
  7. 40F-Secure2.6
  8. 40FireEye2.6
  9. 40GMO2.6
  10. 40Hitachi Solutions2.6
  11. 40Huawei2.6
  12. 40ISACA2.6
  13. 40Informatica2.6
  14. 40Intel2.6
  15. 40Kaspersky2.6
  16. 40LY Corp2.6
  17. 40MS&AD2.6
  18. 40McAfee2.6
  19. 40Meta2.6
  20. 40Okta2.6
  21. 40Ricoh2.6
  22. 40Sony2.6
  23. 40Splunk2.6
  24. 40Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group2.6
  25. 40Symantec2.6
  26. 40Tokio Marine2.6
  27. 40VMware2.6
  28. 40Veritas2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Japanese cybersecurity employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is purpose and job security: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on work-life balance, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for cybersecurity, the leader here has the 6th highest score. Elsewhere the lead changes hands: in the US, AI recommends Palo Alto Networks first.

More than half of the 62 employers score 7.7 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 35.9. The leader's 74.4 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best cybersecurity companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

Read our article: Top cybersecurity companies to work for

Cybersecurity rankings in other countries

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top cybersecurity companies to work for in Japan?

Going by who AI recommends most to Japanese job seekers right now: NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NTT and Trend Micro.

Which Japanese cybersecurity employer does AI recommend for leadership?

Trend Micro. No other Japanese cybersecurity employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about leadership.

Which Japanese cybersecurity employer does AI recommend for career growth?

Microsoft. No other Japanese cybersecurity employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about career growth.

Which Japanese cybersecurity employer does AI recommend for onboarding?

Trend Micro. No other Japanese cybersecurity employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about onboarding.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.