GIGA School Security
tarohGIGA（Global and Innovation Gateway for All）School concept is an educational project promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Maintenance measures requirements ICT utilization plan in "one person one vehicle environment", follow-up plan such as improvement of teacher skills based on the achievement status, the capital based on the standard specifications presented by the government for effective and efficient maintenance Wide-area / large-scale procurement plan based on prefectural units. A school LAN development plan based on the premise that a high-speed, large-capacity line can be connected, or an LTE utilization plan based on securing running costs. Based on the "Five-Year Plan for Environmental Improvement for ICT (FY2018-2022)", this is a "deployment of one class to three terminal classes" plan utilizing local financial measures. The GIGA school concept contains
(1) School communication network maintenance business
(2) Maintenance business for each child and student terminal
(3) Learning program
where (1) and (2) have almost been completed in the fiscal 2020 (2020.4-2021.3).
The followings are examples of each above item, described in the guideline of GIGA school published by MEXT home page.
(1) School LAN
(2) Terminal Computer Specification
| Terminals | OS | WiFi/LTE | Camera | BLE | USB3.0 | M Units |
| Chromebook | Chrome OS | Yes | Yes | No | Type A | 3.0 |
| Windows | Windows 10 pro | Yes | Yes | No | Type A | 2.2 |
| iPad | iPad OS | Yes | Yes | No | Type C or Lightning | 2.2 |
(3) Learning Program
Learning materials
Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation Software, Photo and Video Shooting (QR code reader), Video edting, Map creation , File sharing, Questionnaire, E-mail, programming teaching materials, Internet browser
Cutting Edge Technology
Groupware Digital text book AR/VR （Augmented or Virtual Realty） AI base Drill Sensing
(5) Security in one terminal per person
| ˆTerminal Security | |
| 1 | selection of a network configuration not to interfere with the lesson |
| 2 | Prevention of inappropriate web page browsing |
| 3 | Malware infection control |
| 4 | Preventive measures to prevent unauthorized use of the terminal |
| 5 | Centralized management of security settings |
| 6 | Measures against information leakage when the terminal is stolen or lost |
| 7 | Development of operation and communication system |
| ˆID and Password | |
| 1 | ID registration / change / deletion at the time of entrance/ change/ withdraw/ graduation/ promotion |
| 2 | Countermeasures against spoofing by multi-factor authentication |
| 3 | Single sign-on to Cloud learning tools |
(5) Security Solution
ExcelSecu FD200`satisfies MEXT guideline to protect spoofing or abuse of terminals at class room and at home, subject to guideline of GIGA school security of MEXT.
- Categories
- FIDO2/U2F key
