China, ¡®Defcon in favorable position while Korea going down every year¡¦ ¡°Government & Corporate support in need¡±
Lee Gyung Tak | kt87@ | 2017-09-26 09:53:55

1st place ¡æ 3rd place ¡æ 4th place. The Korean team`s performance at DEFCON, the world`s most prestigious hacking competition, is held every year in the United States.

China, Taiwan and Taiwan have recently been at the top of the global hacking contest, raising their stature and worrying that Korea is losing power.

According to the KISA and the security industry on September 25, the Taiwan team (sponsored by HITCON, Ministry of Economic Affairs) and the Chinese team (sponsored by A * 0 * E and Tencent) were held at the Defcon 2017 main event in Las Vegas, Followed by the US team (PPP).

The result is KISA`s analysis that the results of the active support of large corporations such as the state, Tencent and 360 security were reflected in the results. Also in April 2005, Pto2Ow 2017, a hacking competition held in Tokyo, Japan, both Chihuaho 360 and Tencent-supported teams won and runner-up.

Meanwhile, the East Sea participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals for the first time in the Asian continent. In 2015, the DEFKOR team, led by Lee Jeong-hoon (Google), Lee Jong-ho (Raon Secure) I won. The team finished third in the competition last year and failed to win the third place in the competition this year. Of the total 15 teams in the finals, Korea has the largest number of teams, including Defcon (4th place), RRR (9th place), hacking4danbi (11th place) and koreanbadass (14th place).

"Defcon is an indicator of cyber national strength as an Olympic event in the field of cyber security," said an official from the security industry. "It is a big career for the participants and a proud thing at the national level. The official added, "We need a unified elite team composed of KITRI-sponsored BoB (next-generation security leader) key players as well as military service personnel and business support personnel."

On the other hand, the actual Korean teams that participated in DEFCON consisted of about nine people per team, but the top teams in the US, Taiwan and China teams are between 19 and 30. Moreover, there are hackers who have not been able to join the competition due to the expense of their stay. Defcon and other global hacking competitions, the government and related companies to actively go to the expense of the need to support the voice comes out.

"The United States, unlike China or Taiwan, does not support it at the national level, but the situation is different from that of Korea because there are so many hackers out there," said Chung Woo, chief of the cyber security talent center. "We have no choice but to participate at my own expense."

Choi, a head of centre said, "In this year`s competition, there will be a decentralized aspect of the workforce from last year, and it will be more effective to strengthen individual support programs than to discuss the formation of a single team at the national level in the times.¡±


By Lee Gyung Tak kt87@


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