Samjeong KPMG-Korea Yokogawa Electric, MOU Signed for OT·ICS Security Business

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji-hwan Park] Samjeong KPMG announced that on the 15th, it signed a business agreement with Korea Yokogawa Electric at the Samjeong KPMG headquarters in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, to strengthen OT (Operational Technology) security business and cooperate on research of new ICS (Industrial Control System) technologies.

The signing ceremony was attended by Daegil Jeong, Head of Consulting Division at Samjeong KPMG, Yoji Saito, CEO of Korea Yokogawa Electric, and officials from both companies. According to the agreement, both parties will conduct joint research related to OT·ICS security, information protection, and digital convergence environments, exchange expertise on control and protection technologies, and global compliance. They will also mutually cooperate to jointly promote new OT·ICS security technologies and consulting commercialization.

The Samjeong KPMG Cybersecurity Services Team, established in 2013, is a business process-based security consulting organization composed of security experts in various fields such as information security, digital technology security, OT security, and cloud.

They create expertise in establishing information protection management systems including security analysis, planning, design, execution, and monitoring for companies, providing integrated information security services to clients and enterprises.

Korea Yokogawa Electric, based on deep understanding and experience of OT assets in process industries, provides customers planning to introduce digital transformation with optimal OT security solutions and services that have verified safety. Korea Yokogawa Electric is the Korean subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric, consisting of 114 companies in 62 countries, pursuing joint innovation with customers through a global network.

Daegil Jeong, Head of Consulting Division at Samjeong KPMG, said, "The Samjeong KPMG Cybersecurity Services Team is the organization with the richest OT security consulting experience and expertise in various infrastructure industries in Korea. We will do our best to successfully promote the OT·ICS security business based on Samjeong KPMG’s global consulting service know-how and Korea Yokogawa Electric’s technology and experience."

Yoji Saito, CEO of Korea Yokogawa Electric, said, "Since its founding in 1915, Yokogawa Electric has provided control systems, solutions, and services in measurement and control fields for various process industries such as oil, chemical, power, and steel. We expect significant synergy effects through the knowledge and experience of IT-OT convergence in the process industry sector and Samjeong KPMG’s global consulting capabilities."

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