SK shieldus will launch a project to strengthen cybersecurity at universities nationwide.
SK shieldus said on the 2nd that it signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Education Information Foundation and Escape Solution to strengthen university cybersecurity.
SK shieldus and Escape Solution will provide the latest threat and vulnerability information to about 360 universities that are members of the Korea Education Information Foundation. They will also jointly pursue product planning and co-promotions for adopting security services.
SK shieldus will provide tailored cybersecurity services such as managed detection and response (MDR), attack surface management (ASM), penetration testing, and security consulting, taking into account universities' open network architectures and academic operations. Centered on its AI-based security control center "Secudium," it will operate a 24/7/365 monitoring system, and, in tandem with its incident response team "Topcert," detect early signs of threats in the initial stage of attacks and support response.
The agreement was pursued to counter increasingly sophisticated cyber threats in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and to create a stable university education environment. The three organizations plan to build a close cooperation system, including sharing threat intelligence and jointly establishing security policies, and to systematically elevate security levels in education and research settings.
Meanwhile, SK shieldus will take part in the "2026 Education Informatization Conference," held June 10–12, and share university response strategies to increasingly sophisticated AI-era cyber threats with about 500 university IT and security practitioners. It will present major attack cases such as account theft targeting academic systems, abnormal access, and data exfiltration, as well as real-time response measures including extended detection and response (XDR) and AI-based anomaly detection systems, and strategies for operating a 24/7 incident response posture through MDR.
Kim Byung-mu, head of cybersecurity at SK shieldus (vice president), said, "Universities are places where core research results and sensitive personal information are concentrated, making the need to advance security systems even greater," and added, "By combining cybersecurity monitoring and response capabilities with AI technology, we will provide services optimized for university environments and help create safe and reliable learning and research settings."