Koji Nakao received the B.E. degree of Mathematics from Waseda University, in Japan, in 1979. Since joining KDDI in 1979, Koji has been engaged in the research on communication protocol, and information security technology for telecommunications in KDDI laboratory. After 2003, Koji has moved to KDDI head office to construct and manage its security systems. In 2004, he has started to additionally work for NICT (National Information Communication Technologies). His present positions are "Information Security Fellow" to manage all the security issues required in KDDI and "Group Leader" to manage research activities for network security technologies in NICT. As for standardization activities, Koji is currently working for a vice-chair of SG17 and a vice-chair of FG Cloud in ITU-T and also acting for a national convener of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27/WG4 in Japan.
