enechain, Obtained Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification

enechain, Obtained Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification

November 16, 2022

enechain Corporation, operator of Japan’s largest wholesale energy trading marketplace (HQ: Minato-ku Tokyo, CEO: Ryo Nozawa, hereinafter “enechain”), has acquired “ISO/IEC 27001:2013 / JIS Q 27001:2014” certification, the international standard for information security management systems, as of 15 October 2022.

【Background】

As of November 2022, enechain provides services such as eSquare, an online trading platform for energy commodities used by over 150 companies. We have come to the conclusion that building and strengthening a system and operations to properly manage the important information asset entrusted to us by our customers, is essential to our social responsibility to expand the operation of our wholesale energy trading marketplace and further develop the energy industry, leading us to obtaining a third-party certification.

Through the certification process, each and every employee deeply understands the importance of information security management and has established a system to maintain and improve information security.

enechain will continue to expand the reliability of energy transactions through the maintenance and improvement of information security and contribute to the development of the energy industry to realize its mission of “Building energy markets coloring your life”.

【ISMS certification】

Registration Number   JP22/00000290

Registered organization   enechain Corporation (Tokyo Headquarters)

Registration scope      1. Operation of energy wholesale marketplace

              2. Support for promoting Green Transformation for corporation

              3. Planning, development and operation of an online energy trading platform

Certification standard   ISO/IEC 27001:2013 / JIS Q 27001:2014

Registration date     2022/10/15

Term of validity     2022/10/15 - 2025/10/15

【ISMS certified enechain services】

“eSquare”, an online energy trading platform

  • An online trading platform for energy trading with a focus on electricity, currently used by over 150 companies. There are always more than 100 live bids/offers being presented for electricity.

    In September 2022, expanding from the traditional web browser version, a mobile app was released, allowing mobile access from a smartphone anytime, anywhere.

“eCompass”, a data platform that aggregates information necessary for energy transactions

  • Essential information for energy trading, such as JEPX prices, fuel, and fuel adjust forward curves, interconnection line capacity occupancy, and European natural gas inventories, are provided alongside eSquare.

  • We plan to implement significant function enhancements and chart speedups in the future.

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