Kookmin University (President JEONG, SEUNG RYUL) signed a business agreement (MOU) with Tiori (CEO Park Se-joon), a cybersecurity company, on March 6 (Wed) at Kookmin University's Industry-Academia Cooperation Center to foster future automotive cybersecurity talent.

The signing ceremony was attended by Tiori CEO Park Sejun, Kookmin University's Shin Sung-hwan, Head of the Future Innovation Center and Dean of the College of Automotive Engineering, Kim Jong-chan, Chairman of the Department of Automotive IT Convergence, Lim Se-joon, Chairman of the Department of Automotive Engineering, and Jeon Sang-hoon, Professor of Automotive IT Convergence. 

The agreement was designed to foster human resources specialized in enhancing the security of future vehicles that incorporate advanced IT technologies and contribute to the development of the future automotive cybersecurity industry. Kookmin University will provide its accumulated educational capabilities in the field of cybersecurity for future vehicles, while Tiori will be in charge of creating and disseminating educational content.

Tiori will utilize its cybersecurity education platform, "Dreamhack," to provide a wide range of lecture content from the basics to advanced levels of security. Students will be able to transfer credits for completing courses such as "Dream Beginners (security beginner course)," system hacking, reverse engineering, and embedded.

The agreement was made in conjunction with the Ministry of Education's Convergence and Open Sharing System (COSS) project in high-tech fields led by Kookmin University, and mutual efforts will be made to expand the program to other universities, including Kyungmyeong University, Daelim University, Sun Moon University, Ajou University, Inha University, and Chungbuk National University.

"We are pleased that universities can use TORI's various future automotive cybersecurity education contents to form a future automotive cybersecurity education program," said Shin Sung-hwan, head of the Future Innovation Center at Kookmin University. "Combined with the regular curriculum, it will make a significant contribution to fostering future automotive innovation convergence talents."

"We are very pleased to be able to provide practical educational content from the basics of cybersecurity to students at Kookmin University and other universities," said Park Se-joon, CEO of Tiori. "We will help them develop the security capabilities they need in the workplace." DreamHack is the largest security education platform in Korea with more than 44,000 members, providing a wide range of educational content from beginners to experts. It has been providing cyber competency training for major Korean IT companies such as LG Electronics, LG CNS, Dunamu, and Elegant Brothers, and is leading the way in developing training and curriculum to foster high-quality cyber talent.