SKT Partners With Global Security Firm F5 on AI Cloud Security Business
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SK Telecom (SKT) announced on the 16th that it had signed a partnership with F5 to strengthen cooperation in AI cloud security business.
SKT and F5 agreed to pursue a dual partnership, and SKT will cover VAR and MSP roles for F5 solutions.
SKT said it has secured security technologies based on F5 Distributed Cloud, including WAF, API security, DDoS attack defense, and Bot attack defense.
SK Telecom (SKT) announced on the 16th that it had signed a partnership with F5 to strengthen cooperation in AI cloud security business. The people in the photo are Heo Min-hoi in charge of SKT AI Cloud and Lee Hyeong-wook, head of F5 Korea.
SKT and F5 agreed to pursue a dual partnership. Accordingly, SKT will cover both VAR and MSP roles for F5 solutions. VAR refers to reselling F5 products after adding its own services and technology. MSP refers to a provider that delivers managed IT services to customers using F5 products.
F5 is a global multi-cloud application and API security company. F5 has a customer base that provides solutions to more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
F5's security platform is the SaaS-based 'F5 Distributed Cloud.' 'F5 Distributed Cloud' is equipped with functions to protect applications and APIs in multi-cloud environments that use two or more cloud infrastructures. The platform supports enterprises' digital transformation.
The background for pursuing the partnership was presented as a response to the rapidly growing AI market and the tightening security regulatory environment. According to a January survey by market.us, the Agentic AI market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 43.8% from 2025 to 2034. Agentic AI is characterized by autonomous judgment and task execution by AI, and as Agentic AI spreads, connections between AI and external services increase and collaborative work among multiple AI systems also rises, further increasing the need for security.
In response to such environmental changes, SKT said it plans to strengthen security across AI infrastructure and services and respond to domestic security regulatory requirements. In this process, F5 Distributed Cloud was presented as playing a role in protecting service connection points in complex AI environments and responding to security threats such as data leaks. SKT was selected as a domestic MSP partner for the F5 Distributed Cloud solution.
The focus of the collaboration is not limited to reselling F5 solutions. SKT and F5 structured the partnership to combine management and operations services.
SKT said it has secured cloud security capabilities based on F5 Distributed Cloud. The range of security technologies it has secured includes web application firewall (WAF), API security, DDoS attack defense, and Bot attack defense. Through this, it said it has established a foundation for consistent protection and operation of applications and APIs across multi- and hybrid-cloud environments.
SKT already has know-how in operating AI cloud infrastructure, and it plans to combine that with F5's security portfolio. Based on this, it intends to expand its business into an integrated managed service covering build, operations, and security.
Source: IT DAILY · Seong Won-young
Original: https://www.itdaily.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=241639
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