Kookmin University (President Jung Seung-ryul) announced that it and INITECH (CEO Ok Sung-hwan) held a business agreement (MOU) signing ceremony at the Kookmin University Industry-Academia Cooperation Center, Room 404, on the 29th to foster human resources needed for industrial development and mutual development through industry-academia cooperation.

 

 

 

 

[Photo of the MOU signing ceremony between Kookmin University and INNITECH] (Photo provided by Kookmin University)

 

 

 

 

The MOU signing ceremony was attended by Ok Sung-hwan, CEO of INITECH, Yeol-tan Sung, Vice President, Kim Sun-young, PO, Lee, Inhyung, Head of Industry-Academia Cooperation Center, Kookmin University, Yeom Yongjin, Professor of Information Security and Cryptography, Dong-chan Kim, and Jun-kyung Seo, Head of Industry-Academia Cooperation Team, to discuss step-by-step strategies and specific mutual cooperation plans to promote full-scale cooperation in the future.

 

 

With this agreement, the two organizations will collaborate in various aspects, including establishing a linkage system between universities and industrial companies, exchanging technologies related to quantum-resistant cryptography in preparation for the era of quantum computing, and developing joint industry-academia projects with the Department of Information Security and Cryptography and the Department of Financial Information Security.

 

 

INITECH, a security company that provides safe and reliable security services based on proven cryptographic technologies, will be able to provide security solutions that can prepare for security threats in the quantum era through the internalization of next-generation security source technologies (PQC, KpqC) through cooperation with Kookmin University. Based on this, we plan to leap forward as a converged security company leading the security market by providing core security technologies in the future IT environment.

 

 

At the signing ceremony, Ok Sung-hwan, CEO of INNITECH, said, “Kookmin University and INNITECH will continue to set the direction of development based on the essence of cooperation, and will strive to develop quantum security services as well as foster cybersecurity talents to achieve mutual development.”

 

 

“Through this cooperation, we hope to solidify the cooperation system between Kookmin University and INNITECH, which will serve as a cornerstone for fostering excellent human resources and expanding our capabilities in the field of cybersecurity,” said Lee, Inhyung, Director of Industry-Academia Cooperation at Kookmin University. ”We look forward to working with INNITECH in more fields in the future.”
 

 

 

 

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