Gwangju City Signs Business Agreement with Security Specialist Teruten Co., Ltd... Expectation to Strengthen AI Business

On the morning of the 20th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the 'Gwangju City-Terten Business Agreement Signing Ceremony' for fostering the AI-based cybersecurity industry in Gwangju at the business room on the 3rd floor of the city hall. After signing the agreement, he took a commemorative photo with the officials. From the left in the photo are Choi Jeon, Director of Gwangju Technopark; Son Kyung-jong, Director of the AI Industry Bureau of the city; Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City; Yoo Young-il, CEO of Terten Co., Ltd.; Cho Seong-jik, Advisor of Terten Co., Ltd.; and Oh Seok-ju, Advisor of Terten Co., Ltd. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City has signed its ninth business agreement with cyber security specialist company Terten Co., Ltd. to establish a Gwangju-type artificial intelligence business foundation, and decided to actively cooperate in the development of AI-based security technology, related research infrastructure, and the creation of an industrial ecosystem.

On the morning of the 20th, Gwangju City announced that it signed a business agreement for the "Promotion of Gwangju AI-based Cybersecurity Industry" at the City Hall Business Room, attended by Mayor Lee Yong-seop and Yoo Young-il, CEO of Terten Co., Ltd.

Terten Co., Ltd. is the top domestic company in the field of multimedia digital rights management (DRM) and has provided security services to major domestic companies and institutions for over 20 years since its founding, focusing on cyber security technology research in areas such as mobile security, AI security solutions, cyber range, and penetration testing. It holds more than 20 domestic and international security patent technologies as a cyber security specialist company.

Through the business agreement, Gwangju City and Terten Co., Ltd. will jointly strive for cyber security-related joint research and technology development for the establishment of the Gwangju AI cluster and mutually cooperate to successfully create an AI industrial ecosystem.

The main agreement contents include ▲ securing cyber security technology and establishing policies for the creation of the Gwangju AI cluster ▲ building and operating an AI-based cyber security research environment and opening a local office in Gwangju ▲ developing and operating AI-based cyber security company support programs ▲ planning security education programs and training specialized personnel.

Following the business agreement with the National Security Research Institute on February 17, Gwangju City expects this first business agreement with a private company in the cyber security field to expand the scope of Gwangju's AI industry to the security sector and serve as a starting point for fostering various security industries combined with AI in the future.

Following business agreements with Incord PNP, National Security Technology Research Institute, TmaxSoft, Saltlux, Infoworks, Telstar Hommel, Namu Technology, and Hancom Group, Gwangju City is accelerating the attraction of domestic and international AI-related institutions and companies in big data, software, cloud, and security fields by signing this agreement with Terten.

Yoo Young-il, CEO of Terten Co., Ltd., said, "We will actively cooperate to make 'Safe AI Gwangju' by investing AI and information protection technologies and skilled professionals," and added, "We will strive to develop Gwangju beyond a national-level AI special zone into a cyber professional manpower training special zone linked with AI in East Asia."

Mayor Lee Yong-seop emphasized, "Security is a key element to lead the hyper-connected era unfolding with 5G, big data, Internet of Things, and AI and to resolve the side effects of the AI industry," and said, "Following the National Security Research Institute, a research-centered cyber security specialist institution, establishing a cooperative system with Terten, which has the best cyber security technology in Korea, has positioned Gwangju as a mecca of AI and cyber security industries."

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