SK Shieldus

SK Shieldus Co., Ltd.
Native name
에스케이쉴더스 주식회사
TypePrivate
IndustryInformation security
Founded2000; 26 years ago (2000)
Headquarters
Seongnam
,
South Korea
ServicesManaged Security Service, Security Consulting Service
OwnerEQT AB
Websiteskshieldus.com

SK Shieldus Co., Ltd. (Korean: 에스케이쉴더스 주식회사), formerly SK Infosec, is a South Korea information security company established in 2000. It is a member of FIRST, having joined in 2005. The company was an affiliate of SK group, a South Korean business group. Its revenue comes from energy and chemical production, IT and telecommunication, and semiconductors. SK Infosec provides security consulting, managed security services, enterprise security solution[buzzword], convergence security, and customer service. In

SK Infosec entered into a partnership agreement with CounterTack in 2013, and has signed an MOU with IBM to cooperate on cloud security services.

In 2023, SK Shieldus was acquired by EQT Partners, a Swedish investment firm, for USD 2.3 billion.

References

  1. ↑ "FIRST.org / FIRST - Improving security together". www.first.org. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  2. ↑ "CounterTack to Help Defend South Korea from Cyber Attacks - eSecurity Planet". www.esecurityplanet.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. ↑ "IBM, SK to provide cloud security in Korea". ZDNet. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  4. ↑ Cha, Jun-Ho (February 26, 2023). "EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea's SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn". Korea Economic Daily.