Akamai Korea CEO Lee Kyung-joon (이경준) said the company aims this year to target South Korea’s financial and public-sector security markets and has begun discussions with its global headquarters. He said it is preparing to obtain required certifications, including National Intelligence Service Common Criteria, and will challenge the public market with zero-trust security. Akamai’s strategy centres on Guardicore micro-segmentation and its cloud-based ZTNA solution, EAA.

Naver\'s streaming platform Chzzk is seeking to surpass 5 million concurrent viewers during South Korea\'s final group-stage match against South Africa on June 25. Chzzk drew peak concurrent viewership of 4,825,000 in the Czech Republic match and 4,780,000 in the Mexico match. The platform has boosted “watch together” streams, clips and highlights, and expanded CDN capacity and traffic controls. NaverPlus membership offers high-definition viewing benefits.