SANDS Lab Wins Minister of Science and ICT Award at the 2023 Korea Internet Awards
Advance threat sharing helps prevent widespread cyberattacks and enables proactive defense. Public datasets support AI development and global technology competitiveness. The honor follows its first-ever AI Trustworthiness and Quality Award win by a security company.
SANDS Lab Wins Minister of Science and ICT Award at the 2023 Korea Internet Awards
- Advance threat sharing prevents widespread cyberattacks and supports proactive security responses
- Public datasets for AI development provide a foothold in global technology competition
- The honor follows the first AI Trustworthiness and Quality Award won by a security company
Cyber threat intelligence specialist SANDS Lab (KOSDAQ: 411080; CEO Kim Ki-hong) announced on the 13th that it received the Minister of Science and ICT Award at the 18th Korea Internet Awards.
Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by the Korea Federation of ICT Organizations, the Korea Internet Awards present 12 honors, including the Presidential Award and Prime Minister’s Award, to companies, organizations, and individuals contributing to Korea’s Internet industry.
In Sin-gyo, head of SANDS Lab’s Web Development Team (right), poses with Vice Minister of Science and ICT Park Yun-kyu (left) after receiving the award.
Of the three categories—Internet Business, Technological Innovation, and Social Contribution—SANDS Lab was honored in Social Contribution for advancing culture and the public good through Internet industry, services, and usage.
Its AI- and big-data-based intelligence service Malwares.com (now CTX) provides approximately 150,000 to 200,000 cyber threat records daily through its feed service. It was recognized for preventing large-scale attack proliferation, enabling proactive defense, and minimizing losses to social infrastructure from cyberattack recovery.
The company also supports technological progress by publishing foundational cybersecurity datasets essential to next-generation AI. Well-designed datasets enable advanced AI development, promote progress across industries that need cybersecurity, and provide a foothold in the global race for technological leadership.
Accepting the award, Web Development Team head In Sin-gyo said, “We will develop our technology into a foundation for safer lives, using it in core cybersecurity technologies such as generative AI and LLMs to independently assess and predict threats as well as respond to them. We hope the quality data SANDS Lab analyzes and maintains will continue to help build a better Korea.”