SK Infosec

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SK Infosec Co., Ltd.
Company type Public
Industry Information security
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters
46 Pangyo-ro 255, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Key people
Hee Cheol Ahn (President and CEO)
ProductsSecurity Solution[ buzzword ]
Services Managed Security Service, Security Consulting Service
Number of employees
1,185 (2016)

SK Infosec Co., Ltd. (commonly known as SK infosec) is a South Korea information security company established in 2000. It is a member of FIRST, having joined in 2005. [1] The company is an affiliate of SK group, a South Korean business group. Its revenue comes from energy and chemical production, IT and telecommunication, and semiconductors. SK Infosec provides security consulting, managed security services, enterprise security solution[ buzzword ], convergence security, and customer service.

SK Infosec entered into a partnership agreement with CounterTack in 2013, [2] and has signed an MOU with IBM to cooperate on cloud security services. [3]

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References

  1. "FIRST.org / FIRST - Improving security together". www.first.org. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  2. "CounterTack to Help Defend South Korea from Cyber Attacks - eSecurity Planet". www.esecurityplanet.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. "IBM, SK to provide cloud security in Korea | ZDNet". ZDNet. Retrieved 2016-07-12.