[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Jeong-su] C-Platform, an IT solution supply specialist company affiliated with the ITCEN Group, announced on the 26th that it has signed a total agency contract for network (NW) security solutions with AhnLab. Through this contract, C-Platform will oversee sales of AhnLab’s NW security solutions as well as existing AhnLab partner companies.


AhnLab’s NW security solutions include △next-generation firewall ‘AhnLab TrusGuard’ △DDoS dedicated response solution ‘AhnLab DPX’ △next-generation network intrusion prevention solution ‘AhnLab AIPS’ △network unified threat management solution ‘AhnLab TMS’, among others.


C-Platform also plans to strengthen its overall network security business by conducting customer capability enhancement programs, including technical support and solution-specific functional training. Through this, it aims to increase market share in NW security, expand references in large enterprises, public sector, and financial fields, and discover new markets in small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), thereby developing an NW channel strategy.


Kim Jung-gyun, CEO of C-Platform, said, "AhnLab possesses the best technology and performance in the domestic security field," adding, "While maintaining a friendly relationship with existing AhnLab NW business partners, C-Platform will actively utilize its partner network to expand the market."


He emphasized, "We will cooperate with ITCEN Group, which has customer coverage in public, financial, and manufacturing sectors, and utilize infrastructure and maintenance organizations at each base to pioneer new markets and establish ourselves as a specialized security solution supply company by expanding cooperation with AhnLab."


Kang Seok-gyun, CEO of AhnLab, stated, "C-Platform is a specialized company with long experience and know-how in the IT solution distribution field," and added, "Through this total agency contract, we expect the synergy between AhnLab’s NW security solution product line and C-Platform’s expertise in IT solution distribution to foster growth for both companies and all of AhnLab’s NW partners."



Meanwhile, since the second half of last year, C-Platform has been expanding its security solution partnerships. Following data security sector ‘Thales’, network quality management sector ‘Netscout’, system and endpoint security (EDR) sector ‘Genian’, security automation and cloud security sector ‘Palo Alto Networks’, and VPN security sector ‘Ivanti (Pulse Secure)’, C-Platform has secured total agency rights with AhnLab as well, establishing itself as a platform company capable of supplying solutions across all security fields. Additionally, it is preparing to supply security products related to OT (Operational Technology), IoT (Internet of Things), and video.


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