Samsung Electronics ranks first among Korean companies in information security investment and manpower

Samsung Electronics has been revealed to be the Korean company with the largest investment in the information security sector this year, followed by Coupang in second place.
According to an analysis released by the South Korean Ministry of Science, Technology and ICT, the information protection status of 746 South Korean companies was investigated.
As a result, Samsung Electronics was found to have invested 297.4 billion won (approximately 32.1 billion yen) in the information protection sector, maintaining its top position from last year.
The rankings of KT, which came in second, and Coupang, which came in third, also remained unchanged. The other companies in the top 10 saw no changes in their rankings between this year and last year.
The number of employees in charge of information protection was highest at Samsung Electronics, followed by KT and Samsung SDS. The total investment in information protection by all companies subject to disclosure this year was 2.1196 trillion won (approximately 2.294 billion yen).
The number of staff in charge increased by 13.9% over the same period to 7,681.4.
In addition, the average investment amount (2.9 billion won) and the average number of people in charge (10.5 people) also increased from the previous year.
The number of companies that voluntarily disclosed information also increased from 63 last year to 91. The average investment amount by industry was 7.6 billion won in finance, 5.9 billion won in information and communications, and 2.7 billion won in retail.
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