SK shieldus said on the 19th that it hosted an in-house hacking competition, "Hack the Real," with about 300 people participating.
The competition was planned and run by SK shieldus' white-hat hacker group EQST and was held to strengthen hands-on capabilities in penetration testing.
The competition consisted of 18 missions across seven fields reflecting the latest security issues, including web, mobile, artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLM), and Internet of Things (IoT).
Participants worked through the problems by deriving vulnerability analyses and response measures based on real incident cases and security inspection techniques.
The grand prize went to Senior Manager So Jeong-seop of the ICT Business Team 1, and awards were also given to top performers in each field and to new hires.
Senior Manager So Jeong-seop of SK shieldus said, "Through the experience of checking vulnerabilities from an attacker's perspective, I was able to confirm our security response capabilities."
Kim Byung-mu, head of the SK shieldus Cybersecurity Division, said, "It was a competition to strengthen practical, work-based capabilities," adding, "We will continue related education and training."