[AI Brief] ITCENPNS, Palo Alto Networks, and Enki WhiteHat Team Up on Financial AI Security Business

IT Daily introduced related news in its AI Brief section, which compiles major AI stories from Korea and abroad.

The focus of this report is that ITCENPNS has joined forces with Palo Alto Networks and Enki WhiteHat. ITCENPNS, Palo Alto Networks, and Enki WhiteHat signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the 14th.

The agreement focuses on cooperation for AI security business in the financial sector. The three companies said the purpose of the agreement is to jointly respond to cyberthreats in the frontier AI era.

The three companies also plan to push ahead with a shift in the domestic security paradigm through this agreement. The photo shows ITCENPNS CEO Park Won-kyu, Enki WhiteHat CEO Lee Seong-gwon, and Palo Alto Networks Korea CEO Park Sang-gyu.

The three parties established a cooperative framework that combines ITCENPNS's security commercialization capabilities and customer and partner network, Palo Alto Networks' AI-based integrated cybersecurity platform, and Enki WhiteHat's hacker knowledge database and AI-based automated penetration testing technology. Based on this combination, the three companies agreed to develop frontier AI threat response solutions optimized for domestic customers and jointly develop new business models linked to offensive security services.

In terms of execution, Palo Alto Networks provides a portfolio made up of a next-generation firewall-centered Network Security platform, an AI Security platform that protects the full lifecycle of AI environments, and Cortex, an integrated security operations automation platform. Based on its offensive integrated security platform Open and its AI-based penetration testing automation solution Open Red, Enki WhiteHat will take on the role of continuously verifying attack feasibility from an actual attacker’s perspective.

ITCENPNS will handle the localization and commercialization of the two companies' platforms and expertise for domestic customer environments. ITCENPNS plans to make use of its AI Security Innovation Center.

The AI Security Innovation Center serves as a customer PoC and technology validation environment. Based on this, the company is envisioning a business model that links attack validation to security consulting and then to solution build and operations.

Meanwhile, UNNET announced on the 14th that it is expanding supply of its 'Tarantula AI Data Platform.' The platform is equipped to connect enterprise internal DBs, documents, and business systems with AI.

According to the company, the platform can implement AI services in on-premises environments without taking data outside. It can be applied to finance and public-sector fields where network segmentation and privacy regulations apply, and it can integrate with cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Snowflake based on a lakehouse built on the open table format Iceberg. It can also be expanded into a hybrid environment.

Kim Joo-seop, CEO of UNNET, said enterprise AI adoption is evolving from a question-and-answer-centered stage to a stage in which AI understands enterprise data and performs tasks directly. He explained that a data platform capable of stable AI use is essential in response to this change.

Kim said UNNET is based on the 'Tarantula AI Data Platform,' which has been verified in mission-critical environments in the financial sector. He added that UNNET plans to support the entire AI service build process together with partners in AI development.

(Photo: Shinsegae I&C)

Shinsegae I&C said on the 14th that it will provide AI and SW education donations for teenagers with the goal of nurturing future AI talent. Shinsegae I&C is leading efforts to reduce gaps in IT education and is pushing ahead with this education donation initiative.

The target schools are 60 schools in rural areas nationwide, including Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi; Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi; and Seocheon, South Chungcheong. Shinsegae I&C plans to provide education donations to more than 3,100 teenagers by December in areas where AI education infrastructure is lacking.

Shinsegae I&C has been operating an education donation program that reflects its core technology and on-site experience in order to close the gap in IT education between regions and nurture creative future AI talent. The program has continued for 14 years since the company began education donation activities in 2013.

Starting this year, Shinsegae I&C has overhauled the education program. It shifted the focus from coding and IT experience to developing AI utilization capabilities, and the program is structured around building AI thinking and understanding AI principles. It also strengthened hands-on learning with actual AI technology applications beyond fostering AI thinking and understanding the principles.

As of last year, the cumulative education record stands at 457 schools, and the cumulative number of students reached 32,629 teenagers. Yang Yun-ji, CEO of Shinsegae I&C, said she aims to expand future technology experiences for more teenagers regardless of regional or educational gaps and to support teenagers in exploring career paths, and added that the company will continue expanding education donations that leverage its technology and field experience.

Source: IT DAILY · Yang Seung-gap
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