Safety management overhaul includes new health and safety task force

AI CCTV, Securediuum and MDR drive advances in physical and cybersecurity

Senior care, unmanned stores and agentic SOC headline future expansion plans

Min Ki-sik, CEO of SK Shielders [SK Shielders]
Min Ki-sik, CEO of SK Shielders [SK Shielders]

Min Ki-sik, CEO of SK Shielders, marked his first anniversary in office Wednesday by unveiling the company's key achievements over the past year and outlining its strategy going forward. SK Shielders said it has spent the past year strengthening on-site safety systems and expanding the application of AI technology across both physical and cybersecurity — and that it now plans to accelerate growth in future business areas including senior care, unmanned stores and next-generation security operations.

Under Min's leadership, SK Shielders has made customer trust its core value, focusing on safety management, technology advancement and organizational capability, the company said.

On the safety front, SK Shielders restructured its management framework, treating safety as a key factor in service quality and customer trust. The company established a health and safety task force under its chief safety and health officer, and expanded employee-led initiatives to improve safety culture.

The company has also broadened its application of AI technology. In physical security, it is enhancing customer responsiveness through AI-powered CCTV — a product that became the first in South Korea's private sector to receive TTA certification for video information processing devices. SK Shielders said it plans to use that foundation to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its physical security services, including video analysis and on-site response.

In cybersecurity, the company is strengthening threat detection and response capabilities through its AI-based security operations platform Securediuum and its managed detection and response service. SK Shielders said it is also conducting research and development into new AI security technologies through its team of security specialists, with the aim of staying ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

The company is also investing in talent development. Through internal seminars and education programs, SK Shielders aims to deepen employees' expertise while building a leadership pipeline to systematically develop the people who will lead the organization in the future.

Future business expansion will be guided by shifts in social structure and growing demand for AI-driven security. On the physical security side, the company plans to broaden its senior care and unmanned store services in response to rising demand for safety, caregiving and convenient store operations. In cybersecurity, it intends to build a next-generation security operations framework anchored by AI security technologies, including an agentic security operations center.

"The spread of AI is demanding fundamental change in the security industry," Min said. "Security going forward will expand beyond preventing threats to managing the business risk of our customers." He added that SK Shielders would draw on its accumulated experience across physical and cybersecurity to broaden the role it plays for customers.

Min is a veteran executive with more than 30 years in the insurance and financial industry, where he led digital transformation and organizational stabilization efforts. He previously served as CEO of Prudential Life Insurance and DGB Life Insurance, and as vice chairman of KB Life Insurance.


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