Penta Security

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Industry IT Security Founded 1997 Number of employees 200		Website www.pentasecurity.com Headquarters Seoul Type of business Private

Area served Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippine, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States (Alphabetical Order) Key people Seokwoo Greg Lee (CEO) Duk Soo Kim (Executive Director) Gi Seung Kim (CFO) Jaeson Yoo (SVP of Business Development) Products D'Amo (data security) ISign+ (SSO) WAPPLES (WAF) Cloudbric (WAF service) Mydiamo (open source data security)

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Penta Security Systems Inc. (Korean: 펜타시큐리티시스템㈜) is an information technology (IT) security firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Penta Security offers web application security, database security, and single sign-on solutions.

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Establishment and growth

Founded in 1997 by Seokwoo Lee, and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Penta Security Systems Inc. is a provider of web application security products and core technology, with more than 3,100 installed customers in government, large enterprise, small and medium business, education, and finance and medical institutions.

Subsidiaries and international expansion

Its Japanese Office, Penta Security Systems K.K., was incorporated in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan in 2009, and Penta Security System Corporation was found in Texas, the United States in 2014.

The three branches (Penta Security Systems, Inc., Penta Security Systems K.K and Penta Security Co.) are focused the IT security needs and requirements of South Korea to Japan (2009), Thailand (2010), Malaysia (2011), Singapore (2010) Taiwan (2011), Australia (2011), Indonesia (2011), Rwanda (2013), and the United States (2013)

Security R&D center

Penta Security has a research and development center, so that researchers can conduct independent technology studies for the company. The R&D center has over 70 research specialists, a large portion of its complete workforce. Penta Security also fosters potential future information security officers by hiring employees from vocational high schools and university collaboration programs for its R&D center.

Key People

Seokwoo Greg Lee (CEO/Founder)

Duk Soo Kim (Executive Director)

Gi Seung Kim (CFO)

Jaeson Yoo (SVP of Business Development)

WAPPLES

WAPPLES is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) that uses a logical analysis based engine rather than the traditional pattern matching method. The engine uses a system of 26 rules to execute logical traffic. Using this method, the WAF claims to have lower false positive rates than WAFs from competitors. The product has been certified by ICSA Labs, and is EAL4-CC and PCI-DSS certified. Although a hardware appliance, the product also supports virtual appliances for cloud environments.

D'Amo

D'Amo is an encryption solution with multiple components that are optimized for different layers and environments. Using a FIPS-approved encryption algorithm, the solution claims to be Korea's first standardized encryption algorithm and also CC EAL3+ Certified key management server. Different components will protect data through different levels of the IT-infrastructure (application, system, network layers).

Cloudbric

Cloudbric is Security-as-a-service (SECaaS) model that provides website protection at a low cost utilizing the WAPPLES' COCEP engine. The product won 2016's Best SME Security Solution at SC Magazine Awards UK.

Industry recognition

In 2003, Penta Security was awarded by the South Korean government for completing the e-Government project

In 2006, D’Amo received the GS (Good Software) Certification from the Telecommunications Technology Association of Korea

In 2007, WAPPLES received the GS (Good Software) Certification from the Telecommunications Technology Association of Korea

In 2008, WAPPLES received the Intelligent Product Award from South Korea’s Intelligent Information System Society

In 2009, WAPPLES received the Grand Prize in New Software Product from the South Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy

In 2009, WAPPLES acquired a Certificate of Compliance to PCI-DSS ver. 1.2 Requirement 6.6'

In 2009, Penta Security received the "Prime Minister’s Award" in the New Technology Commercialization category from the Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy

In 2010, WAPPLES received the Grand Prize at the 9th Korea Software Competitiveness Awards

In 2010, Seokwoo Lee was honored in the Senior Information Security Professional category at the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² Fourth Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Program.

In 2010, WAPPLES earned the IPv6 Ready Silver Logo (IPv6)

In 2011, Penta Security became a member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)

Penta Security's database security solution, D’Amo 2.3, received SAP certification

In 2014, WAPPLES received the "Web Application Firewall of the Year" from Frost & Sullivan for the second year in a row

In 2015, WAPPLES received ICSA Labs WAF Certification

In 2016, Penta Security received the title of "2016 Asian Cyber Security Vendor of the Year" by Frost & Sullivan

History

1997

Penta Security Systems was founded

1998

ISSAC, Penta Security’s data encryption solution, was introduced

Siren, an intrusion detection system, was introduced

Penta Security Lab was founded

1999

Penta Security launched the first database security business in South Korea

2001

Penta Security introduced their ISign EAM solution

2002

Penta Security established the PKI project with the South Korean government

2004

D’Amo, Penta Security’s database security solution, was introduced

Penta Security extended sales of D’Amo to Japan

2005

WAPPLES, Penta Security’s web application firewall (web application security) product, was introduced

2006

Penta Security established a local office in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

D’Amo for SQL servers was introduced

2008

D’Amo for DB2 was introduced

2009

The official Japanese subsidiary branch, Penta Security Systems K.K., was incorporated

2010

WAPPLES v. 3.0 received Common Criteria certification

2011

WAPPLES V-Series, Penta Security’s cloud computing-based web application firewall (web application security), was introduced

PKI solution, ISign+, was introduced in June 2011

Penta Security's database security solution, D’Amo 2.3, received SAP certification

2012

Penta Security releases MyDiamo, an advanced encryption suite for open source database, MySQL.

Penta Security celebrated its 15th anniversary

WAPPLES was granted a Japanese patent for its algorithm-based, application-layer attack detection engine.

2013

MyDiamo, engine–level encryption solutions, launched for MySQL and MariaDB

Real-time web application firewall inspection service WMP (WAPPLES Management Portal) start

Japan’s cloud-type web application firewall service WCSP (WAPPLES Cloud Service Platform) launch

2014

Korea’s first vehicle communication security technology acquisition (Full implementation of IEEE 1609.2 standard and apply the test best)

The official United States subsidiary, Penta Security Systems Corporation was incorporated.

2015

WAPPLES continues to lead in the Asia Pacific market for third consecutive year

WAPPLES received ICSA Labs WAF Certification

References

Penta Security Wikipedia

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