Founded in 1999 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Hitachi Systems Security is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Systems, Ltd. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified for its Managed Security Service (MSS) delivery from World Headquarters in Blainville, Quebec, Canada, and is an accredited member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). Hitachi Systems Security is a certified Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) for Canada, the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).