Company
See the value in new ideas and new opinions rather than simply the correct answer.
AI SPERA utilizes AI-based Cyber Threat Intelligence, our key business, to derive high-value information with all threat dataset that is collectible in cyberspace. We process data such as security threats, attackers or attack methods, malicious code, and vulnerabilities to counteract and prevent security breach and cybercrime that targets IT assets.
CEO Byungtak Kang
Online game security, network, system security, detection of anomalies, Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Major Career Milestones
- Currently, CEO of AI SPERA 2021 - 2021 Adjunct professor at Korea University Graduate School of Information Security 2018 - 2020 Adjunct professor at Korea University Graduate School of Information Security 2016 - 2017 Head of Infrastructure Technology Department, Neople 2012 - 2016 Infosec Team Leader, Nexon America 2007 - 2012 Game Security Team Leader, Nexon Korea 2004 - 2007 Engine Development Team Lead Programmer, INCA Internet
- Major Accomplishments
- Author of the "Reverse Engineering Bible" Author of "Infra Security" Monthly Microsoft: Serialized hacking/security-related columns for approximately 3 years Microsoft MVP Developer Security Conducted various special lectures and lectures on hacking/security at universities, institutions, etc.
Our corporate mission is to free the business from ever-evolving cyber threats and fraud. At the forefront, our innovative up-to-date data-driven security will protect your business from exposure to threats.
Co-Founder Huy Kang Kim
The first hacker-turned-professor in Korea
- Major Career Milestones
- 2019 - Current External director, Hyundai AutoEver 2018 - Current Co-founder of AI SPERA 2017 - Current External director, Kakao Pay Securities 2017 - Current Main editor, ITU-T X.1375 X.ipscv International Standard 2015 - Current Member, KISA ISMS (ISMS-P) Certification Committee 2012 - Current Director, Korea Institution of Information Security & Cryptologye 2010 - Current Professor, Department of Cyber Defense, Graduate School of Cybersecurity, Korea University 2017 - Kakao Privacy Policy Advisory Committee 2015 - 2018 Samsung Electronics Software/Security Sector Advisory Group 2004 - 2010 Head of Information Security Department, NCSoft 1999 - 2006 Founder and CEO of A3 Security
- Major Accomplishments
- Various experience in FDS, online game bot and workplace detection, CTI development, and malicious code-related projects Published in international top-level conferences and journals such as NDSS, WWW, IEEE TIFS, etc.
- Major Areas of Interest
- Online game security, network, system security, detection of anomalies, Cyber Threat Intelligence
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History
Replaced service name 'RMR' to "Criminal IP ASM"
Uploaded 4 security solution of Criminal IP on NHN cloud Marketplace
Signed for research on cyber asset detecing technology with LIG system & KRIT
Bridging Nmap NSE script to Criminal IP
Launched Application 'Splunk' for Criminal IP & FDS
Participated 2nd Korea-Japan Business Cooperaton Forum
Signed to Produce&Process data for Data Safe Zone service by KDATA and Culture Makers
Grand prized for security solution sector (Criminal IP) in Web-Award Korea 2022
Established AI SPERA's Japan branch
Selected outstanding company-affiliated research center by Ministry of Science&ICT and KOITA
Filed US patent for "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING HIDDEN IP ADDRESS IN MALICIOUS SITE USING DNS SERVICE"
Participated K-solution fair in Singapore Fintech festival 2022 (Criminal IP, RMR)
Participated 13th fall Japan IT Week (Criminal IP, RMR)
Signed partnership with Insecsecurity
Participated in ISEC 2022 (Criminal IP, RMR)
Signed MoU with Xenber Sdn. Bhd.
Filed korean patent for "Methods and programs for providing information on fraud victims"
Selected "Innovative Corporate 1000" by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Filed korean patent for "Malicious DNS server detection device and its control method"
Signed partnership with Esopsoft
Filed korean patent for "Security monitoring device and its control method"
Signed partnership with Bee Technology
Signed with Agecy for Defense Development (ADD) for technical assistance of IP vulnerabilities detecting system
Selected by KISA・KSIGN for building AI datasets
Selected as a promising company to enter global procurement market (G-PASS Association)
Participated in RSA Conference 2022 (Criminal IP, RMR)
Registered Korean patent for "THE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SECURITY BASED ON INTERNET PROTOCOL AND SYSTEM THEREOF"
Registered Korean patent for "PRIVATE SERVER DETECTION DEVICE AND THE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF"
Presented "OSINT and CTI-based Industrial Control Systems Security Threat Detection" at KIISC Technical Committee on Cyber Physical Systems Security Workshop(Bronze Sponsor)
Signed partnership with SWEmpire
Signed Criminal IP Academic License supply contract with Hoseo University
Signed partnership with SOFTNC Corp
Signed partnership with HANSUNG ITL Co., Ltd
Signed partnership with DongYang CNT Co., Ltd
Signed partnership with ONNARA
Signed partnership with Comsys
Signed Partnership with DGR KOREA
Signed Partnership with USECURE
Participated in SECON& eGISEC 2022 (Criminal IP, RMR)
Released Beta of Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine Criminal IP
Signed Pitection supply contract with NADDIC GAMES Co,. Ltd
Filed Korean patent for "IP-based security management methods, devices, and computer programs"
Filed Korean patent for "Security management methods, devices, and computer programs through network traffic-based DB server identification"
Filed Korean patent for "Methods and devices for detecting hidden IP addresses of malicious sites using DNS services"
Registered Korean patent for "APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR VERIFYING PREPAID PHONE"
Signed MOU with Mossland for business cooperation with CyberTHUG project
Registered Criminal IP Japanese trademark
Recognized as 'Youth-Friendly Small Giants' by the Ministry of Employment and Labor
Signed MOU with S2W for "Joint Response to Cyber Threats"
Signed MOU with SSNC Corp. for "Joint Response to Cyber Threats"
Signed Criminal IP supply contract with QARAsoft
Registered Korean patent for "APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL CONTENTS ON PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK"
Won the Best Technology Innovation awards at 22th ITS 2021
Participated in a conference held by the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology (Criminal IP, RMR)
Signed Criminal IP supply contract with AhnLab, Inc.
Participated in 2021 AI Expo Tokyo (Criminal IP, RMR)
Participated in 2021 KPEX (Criminal IP, Pitection, Fraud Account)
Announced as a Frontrunner in AI category, at the ITC Go Global Award 2021
Participated in KOPPEX 2022 (Criminal IP, RMR)
Participated in The Ministry of SMEs and Startups' "2021 Overseas Demonstration PoC Support Program"
Filed U.S. patent for "IP-BASED SECURITY CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF"
Filed U.S. patent for "Device and method for recognizing the behavior of a person in a video"
Signed Criminal IP supply contract with Finance Security Institute
RMR selected by KISIA as one of the products included in the "Security Solution Supply Pool"
Participated in KOSME Online exhibition (RMR)
Designated as a designated company for special military services (acquired industrial functional personnel certification)
Signed Pitection supply contract with Netmarble Corp.
Acquired technology innovation SME (Innobiz) certification
Signed Pitection supply contract with NCSoft
Established AI SPERA Singapore branch
Selected as an excellent company in the online overseas procurement market expansion support project
Signed contract for Recorded Future cyber attack data analysis project (AI SPERA America)
Changed U.S. branch company name to AI SPERA America
Registered Zvan trademark
Released security monitoring system RMR
Acquired certification as a small and mid-sized company for fostering talent
Filed patent for "Device and method for recognizing the behavior of a person in a video"
Filed patent for "Security monitoring device and its control method"
Criminal IP won the President's Award at the Korea Invention Patent Competition, Korea Invention Promotion Association
Signed supply contract for The Minsim with Pearl Abyss Co., Ltd.
Signed business agreement with Wedge Networks in the sales and marketing sector
Filed patent for "IP-based security control methods and its system"
Signed industry-academic educational cooperation contract with the Soonchunhyang University Innovation Leading University Project Group in the field of smart healthcare research
Filed patent for "Malicious DNS server detection device and its control method"
Signed a research service contract to develop detection of bad users through online game log analysis with Netmarble Co., Ltd.
Acquired new product verification for Criminal IP, NEP
Korea University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, delivered AI-based IP address reputation and reverse DNS information data
Korea Copyright Commission, contract for copyright protection and utilization activation technology development (Project to develop an automatic detection system for illegal private property using AI/machine learning to protect copyrights and revitalize the utilization of technology)
Signed Criminal IP supply contract with NHN Co., Ltd.
Signed Fraud Account supply contract with NHN Payco Co., Ltd.
Signed Criminal IP supply contract with NHN Payco Co., Ltd.
Signed Criminal IP supply contract with Dunamu Co., Ltd. and Upbit (re-contracted)
Filed Korean patent for "APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR VERIFYING PREPAID PHONE"
Released Pitection, a private server detection system
Filed Korean patent for "APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL CONTENTS ON PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK"
Filed patent for "Methods and programs for providing information on fraud victims"
Criminal IP selected as a trial purchase product for Criminal IP technology development by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Selected by the Korea Data Agency as an initial K-start-up information protection start-up company
Selected for a data global support project by the Korea Data Agency
Signed contract with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to develop energy big data platform-based technology and services
Acquired The Minsim GS certification, grade 1
Signed distributor contract with フォージビジョン株式会社 (AI Volo) for Japanese Market
Designated as a designated company for special military services (acquired professional research personnel certification)
Registered copyright for The Minsim
Selected as intellectual as intellectual property voucher business
Signed research contract with the Ministry of Science and ICT to develop common core security technology for unmanned vehicles
Registered as an AI voucher supplier (NIPA, National IT Industry Promotion Agency)
AI SPERA Co., Ltd. selected as one of 60 innovative companies in DNA (data, network, artificial intelligence) by the Ministry of Science and ICT
Signed supply contract for Criminal IP with Netmarble
Criminal IP designated as Venture Nara product by Public Procurement Service
Signed convergence security personnel cultivation (smart car field) training course R&D and operation contract with KISA
Signed Korean natural language processing module development contract (AI Volo) with Recorded Future
R&D service business report
Registered as a data voucher supplier
Acquired Criminal IP GS certification, grade 1
Registered copyright for Criminal IP
December Criminal IP selected as the 2019 Priority Purchase Recommendation for Excellent Inventions hosted by the Korea Invention Promotion Association
Signed a contract for an API project for AI posture analysis and response generation through real-time image data with TIPA
Registered trademark rights for The Minsim
Acquired family-friendly company certification
Acquired information security impact assessment grade A certification
Attracted Netmarble investment
Acquired excellent company certification for job invention compensation
Signed supply contract for The Minsim with NCSoft
Acquired excellent company certification for innovative work
Participated as a company in the 25th Seoul Global Internship
Won the Hankook Ilbo Digital Innovation Award - Criminal IP
Signed supply contract for The Minsim with the Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
Acquired ISO 9001 certification
Signed R&D contract with Netmarble to develop detection of bad users through online game log analysis
Registered Korean patent for "METHOD AND PROGRAM OF MALICIOUS DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"
Released The MinsimAugust Released The Minsim
Won the 2019 Excellence Award at the Good Workplace Corporate Content Contest and Seoul Business Agency
Signed Fraud Account (official release) supply contract with Dunamu Co., Ltd.
Signed Criminal IP (official release) supply contract with Dunamu Co., Ltd.
Selected as a participating company in the work innovation incentive system (Korea Labor and Employment Service)
Signed MOU for technology exchange of big data with Legal Form Co., Ltd.June Signed MOU for technology exchange of big data with Legal Form Co., Ltd.
Selected as a Seoul small and mid-sized companySelected as a Seoul small and mid-sized company
Signed security inspection project contract with Smilegate Co., Ltd.
Filed Korean patent for "METHOD AND PROGRAM OF MALICIOUS DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"
Opened official version of Criminal IP
Acquired venture business certification
Registered Criminal IP, Fraud Account trademarks
Acquired "Hi Seoul Brand" certification, a joint brand of excellent companies recognized by Seoul city
Signed R&D contract with Netmarble to develop detection of bad users through online game log analysis
Signed R&D contract with NHN Payco to develop anti-fraudulent algorithm
Released Criminal IP
Established AI SPERA’s U.S. branch, AI Volo
Registered AI SPERA as training institution
Released Fraud Account
Registered AI SPERA as publisher
Established company-affiliated research center
Attracted NHN investment
Founded AI SPERA in October (Korea University’s Robot Convergence Building’s hacking response technology lab)
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Partners
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HCRLab
HCR Lab, Korea University
"Supplying talents and knowledge-based infrastructure essence for early start-ups."
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AI Spera CI
- How has our name been found?
- AI SPERA stands for Artificial Intelligence, Security Professional, Era, which aims to develop a security system using machine learning and AI, breaking away from the traditional security architecture.
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Contact
21515 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 200, Torrance, California, 90503
support@aispera.com
AI Spera Inc.
7, Yeonmujang 5ga-gil,
Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
AI Spera JP Inc.
Kasumigaseki Building,
3 Chome 2-5 Kasumigaseki,
Chiyoda City, Tokyo
AI Spera SG Pte.Ltd.
6 EU TONG SEN STREET #11-10C
THE CENTRAL SINGAPORE (059817)