South Korea

휴네시온, 공급망 보안 통합 위험관리 체계 구축

ZD Net Korea | Local Language | News | Dec. 12, 2025 | Supply Chain Issues

Hunesion, led by CEO Jung Dong-seop, has established an integrated risk management system focused on supply chain security and conducted company-wide SBOM-based supply chain security policy and operations training. This initiative addresses growing concerns about software supply chain attacks amid accelerated digital transformation. The training aims to set security policies, operational guidelines, and strengthen response capabilities to protect company and customer assets.

Globally, including in the United States and Europe, policies mandating SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) submission are being implemented, with the U.S. requiring it for software and medical devices supplied to the federal government. South Korea plans to institutionalize SBOM submission for public sector IT systems and products by 2027 as part of its comprehensive information protection plan announced in October.

SBOM, which applies the manufacturing Bill of Materials concept to software, is central to supply chain security by enabling identification and management of software components. In June 2025, Hunesion was selected for KISA’s “Supply Chain Security Model Construction Support Project,” under which it built an SBOM-based integrated risk management system. This system is incorporated into Hunesion’s network interconnection solution, i-oneNet, allowing prevention of threats across software development, manufacturing, distribution, and deployment phases, as well as enabling rapid incident response.

Hunesion recently inspected the 'React' server component vulnerability, confirming no impact on its systems. The company held SBOM-based security policy training for employees on December 8 and presented SBOM sharing strategies for supply chain threat response at the Peace & Park Convention on December 5.

Hunesion leads a consortium of five firms, each bringing specialized capabilities: SecureSystems provides AI-driven real-time threat monitoring, O2ones supports SBOM internalization, Cryptolab offers homomorphic encryption for SBOM distribution modeling, and EconetSystem handles SBOM provision systems and operational support. Together, they demonstrate comprehensive strategies covering the software supply chain lifecycle.

The i-oneNet solution, known for protecting networks from external and internal cyber threats, has led the domestic network interconnection public procurement market since 2015. It incorporates advanced features such as N2SF, quantum-resistant cryptography, cloud compatibility, and AI support. Product lines like i-oneNet DD and i-oneNet DX are tailored for operational technology (OT) security environments in critical infrastructure, supporting the digital transformation of industrial control systems.

Given the critical importance of supply chain security in national infrastructure sectors—such as power, gas, water, transportation, and communications—Hunesion is also involved in an international R&D project to develop an S/HBOM-based integrated security management platform for industrial control system supply chains, aimed at enhancing global competitiveness.

CEO Jung Dong-seop emphasized Hunesion’s decade-long leadership in network interconnection and the company’s successful internalization of a supply chain security management system to comply with strengthened government standards under the national information protection plan.

LG전자, 퀄컴과 미래 AIDV 시대 선도

ZD Net Korea | Local Language | News | Dec. 12, 2025 | UndeterminedTech Development/Adoption

LG Electronics, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, has developed a generative AI-based high-performance computing device (HPC) for vehicles, advancing the AI-centered vehicle (AIDV) era. This new technology, called the “AI Cabin Platform,” will be revealed to automaker customers for the first time at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, starting January 6. The AI Cabin Platform integrates various open-source generative AI models, including vision-language models, large language models, and image-generation models, to enhance in-vehicle infotainment and create a new experience for occupants.

The AI Cabin Platform is powered by Qualcomm’s “Snapdragon Cockpit Elite,” which enables all AI computations to be processed locally within the vehicle. This local processing ensures faster, more reliable operation and improved security by eliminating the need for communication with external AI servers, thereby reducing the risk of data leaks. The platform uses interior and exterior cameras to analyze the vehicle’s surroundings and occupant conditions, providing context-appropriate guidance and customized images.

Earlier, at CES 2025, LG and Qualcomm showcased an HPC platform integrating infotainment and advanced driver-assistance systems using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Ride Flex system-on-chip, recognized for its cost and performance benefits. Eun Seok-hyun, LG Electronics’ Vice President and head of the VS Business Division, emphasized the company’s commitment to leading the transition from software-defined vehicles (SDV) to AI-centered vehicles (AIDV) through strengthened global partnerships.

[소부장 테크페어] 유미코아 “HLM 양극재 준비 완료…차세대 소재도 개발”

ET News | Local Language | News | Dec. 12, 2025 | UndeterminedTech Development/Adoption

At the 2025 Global Materials, Parts and Equipment Tech Fair held on December 10th in Seoul, Umicore outlined its strategy to diversify its cathode material portfolio. The company is set to complete development and establish mass production of high-lithium manganese (HLM) cathode materials by next year, aiming to improve price competitiveness through the use of manganese, a lower-cost element. HLM materials offer higher energy density compared to lithium iron phosphate (LFP), but Umicore plans to avoid competing in the LFP sector, choosing instead to focus on HLM to differentiate itself from Chinese market leaders.

Umicore, a Belgium-based global chemical materials company with a 200-year history, currently operates a cathode material plant in Cheonan, South Korea, and supplies to major domestic battery manufacturers LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK On. Traditionally focused on high-nickel, cobalt, manganese (NCM) cathodes, Umicore will expand next year into HLM materials. The company aims to address the current electric vehicle market slowdown by leveraging HLM's cost advantages and intends to boost the energy capacity of mid-nickel cathodes by increasing maximum voltage from about 4.2 V to 4.4 V.

In addition to HLM, Umicore is developing cathode materials targeted at next-generation solid-state batteries, which provide higher energy density and improved safety by using solid electrolytes. The company is working on new cathode coating technologies to enhance compatibility and electron transport with solid electrolytes, collaborating with research institutes and partners in these efforts.

Umicore is also researching disordered rock salt (DRX) cathode materials for the post-2035 period. These next-generation materials incorporate elements such as lithium, manganese, titanium, zirconium, and molybdenum and are aimed at delivering cost advantages. The company is in the early stages of this R&D but plans to build a comprehensive cathode material portfolio to serve a range of electric vehicle segments from low- to premium-priced models.