# Hitachi Joins Anthropic Cyber Defense Program

> Hitachi partners with Anthropic to boost critical infrastructure security using AI.
- Title: Hitachi Joins Anthropic Cyber Defense Program · Financialpost
- Summary: Hitachi partners with Anthropic to boost critical infrastructure security using AI. Hitachi joins Anthropic's Critical Infrastructure Defense Program to…
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- Source: Financialpost — https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/hitachi-joins-anthropics-critical-infrastructure-defense-program
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## Hitachi Joins Anthropic Program
Hitachi has joined Anthropic's Critical Infrastructure Defense Program launched on October 8, 2026, as a founding partner.
## Critical Infrastructure Cyber Threats
Infrastructure systems supporting power, water, manufacturing, and transportation cannot tolerate prolonged downtime, making security measures difficult to implement.
## AI Speeds Cyber Threats
Advances in AI significantly shorten the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation, creating urgent need to redesign systems.
## Program Uses AI Models
The program integrates Anthropic's advanced AI models, Claude, into products and services of trusted system integrators and cybersecurity providers.
## Hitachi's Role in Program
Hitachi will contribute by participating in working groups and sharing expertise in Operational Technology for critical infrastructure environments.
## Hitachi's Recent Collaborations
Since May 2026, Hitachi has expanded collaboration with Anthropic through Project Glasswing and accelerated critical infrastructure security validation processes.
## Hitachi Launches HMAX Cyber
In September 2026, Hitachi launched HMAX Cyber, an operational resilience service supporting business continuity in the AI era.
## Hitachi's Cybersecurity Goals
Hitachi will enhance HMAX Cyber and strengthen OT products, including industrial control systems, to ensure safe, secure, and resilient social infrastructure.
## Key takeaway

Hitachi joins Anthropic's Critical Infrastructure Defense Program to strengthen cyber defense for power, water, and transportation systems using AI.