From development to sales¡¦ Security industry in boom
Lee Gyung Tak | kt87@ | 2017-09-18 10:42:26

Raonsecure has a 'Raon Lady' meeting, where women employees meet each other and discuss difficulties every quarter. Employees at the company are having a refreshment conversation. Photo by Raonsecure


`Jobs that woman cannot survive`. It is an image of Korean IT related profession recognized as 3D. There is a sign of change in this atmosphere. The security industry is finding it hard to find women in the IT industry.

According to the KISA statistics, the proportion of women participating in the "Support for University Information Protection Circles" project, which is one of the information security manpower training programs conducted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information, is approaching 20 ~ 30% every year. Nationally Authorized Information Security (Industry) Article The percentage of qualified women jumped from 5.8% in 2013 to 10.7% last year. Among the beneficiaries of the "Information Security Specialization Support Program" launched last year, 56% of women and 44% of men benefited from the program. The ratio of female students enrolled in the Graduate School of Information Security at Korea University also rose to 22 percent this year from 15 percent in 2011. The proportion of women in businesses is increasing slightly.

Among them, it has been found Raonsecure, which is known to have a high percentage of toxic female employees. Headquartered in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, Raonsecure is a mobile security solution company, targeting `FIDO (international standard for biometrics)` service market. Among the 150 employees of the company, 25% are women. Considering that the percentage of women in Korea`s major security companies is around 10%, it is a high figure. In particular, since 2015, the proportion of women entering new recruits reaches 40 ~ 50% annually.

Meanwhile, the company`s female employees are involved in a variety of departments, including general office workers, development workers, white hackers, and sales workers. Kim Woon-bong, director of Raonsecure stated, "We cannot say that welfare is exceptional. However, women`s vocations are centered on women`s voices compared to large corporations. The company also has a group called `Raon Lady`, a group of women who share their frustrations with each other every quarter.

Han Seung-jin, a 24-year-old research and development team, who joined the company as a team of three new entrepreneurs this year, said, "Even if women majoring in computers are mistaken to enter relatively light areas such as shopping malls, "We have a lot of colleagues," he said. "We are very excited about the company`s recent overseas expansion, and we want to make a big contribution to the process and lead the company`s representative products someday."

Han worked as a cyber security specialist. The same company after studying computer at a junior high school,, Jihan (23), is a white hacker, providing consulting services to customers for security vulnerability diagnosis. He was a member of the government`s white hacker training program,` Next Generation Security Leader `(BoB). In May, he joined the` Pin Tech Idea Competition `hosted by the Financial Services Commission. Ji Temple said, "I majored in industrial engineering and engaged in information security club activities, and I became aware of the importance of security." "It is attractive that personal interest can be of great help to companies and society at risk of hacking." "I want my company to learn, grow and become a global security consultant," he said.

In the case of security control service sector, which is known to have a high intensity of work due to shift work, the proportion of women is increasing. In fact, the proportion of female employees in IGLOO Security increased from 9% in 2012 to 12% last year. Penta Security, a Web firewall solution provider, has risen 20 % in the last four years with a 4 % increase in female employees.

A representative of Penta Security stated that "There is a noticeable increase in female talents in the engineer and sales force."

By Lee Gyung Tak kt87@


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