Asahi CEO Mulls New Cybersecurity Unit as Disruption Drags On

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is considering to create a new cybersecurity team after disruptions to operations and financial reporting from a September ransomware attack are expected to continue into the new year.

As part of recovery efforts, Japan’s largest beer maker is adopting what Chief Executive Officer Atsushi Katsuki called a stricter “zero-trust” approach — where the company assumes nobody inside its network is safe.