ZIEN
ZIEN, an XIoT Security convergence company, announced on the 24th that CEO Young-min Cho received the Minister's Award from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy at the '2024 Smart Innovation Home Appliances Merit Awards Ceremony'.”
The awards ceremony recognizes Korean home appliance industry professionals who possess notable technological capabilities and competitiveness in the global market. It aims to enhance industry development and technological advancement by selecting individuals who have contributed to the growth and competitiveness of Korea's smart innovative home appliance industry.
CEO Young-min Cho and ZIEN have built a strong track record in cybersecurity within Korea's XIoT (Extended IoT) industry, particularly in smart homes and smart appliances.
ZIEN is developing and distributing its own smart security solutions to enhance the competitiveness and sustainable development of Korea's smart innovative home appliance industry. The automated XIoT firmware SECaaS 'Z-IoT', released as a beta version in July, provides AI-based automated security inspections and improvement measures. It has gained attention for its ability to significantly enhance security levels while reducing time and costs.
From July to November this year, Z-IoT conducted voluntary inspections of 81 firmware from domestic companies and individuals, discovering an average of 123 security vulnerabilities per firmware. The solution will be released in January next year after enhancement based on customer feedback from the beta test.
Furthermore, ZIEN is raising corporate and public awareness about IoT security by promoting security culture and advancing security technology in the smart appliance industry. During the October parliamentary audit, at the ICT sector inspection under the Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee, they demonstrated hacking scenarios using Chinese Wi-Fi routers and malicious QR codes (Quishing), highlighting vulnerabilities in IT device security.
From 2022 to 2024, ZIEN has been contributing to improving the average security level in the appliance industry by systematically analyzing and improving security vulnerabilities in smart devices of 11 Korea Electronics Association (KEA) member companies.
CEO Young-min Cho stated, "While I am honored to receive the Minister's Award from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, I also feel a responsibility to strengthen security in Korea's smart innovative home appliance industry. Moving forward, ZIEN will support IoT security technology needed by domestic smart appliance companies to maintain global market competitiveness and contribute to achieving higher levels of competitiveness through collaboration.”
Source : The Korea Economic Daily