OpenAI said on Thursday it hosted a \"Cyber CXO Roundtable\" in Seoul, inviting about 60 executives including chief information security officers from South Korean companies. OpenAI Korea head Kim Kyung-hoon (김경훈) and other staff introduced AI-based strategies for responding to cyber threats. OpenAI said improvements in AI-driven vulnerability detection and attack-path analysis are cutting response times and underscored proactive defence. It also introduced its Daybreak integrated cyber defence solution and shared experience building a \"Defense Factory\" operating model.

Global security companies are speeding up efforts to target South Korean firms seeking to address new threats linked to the spread of AI, including moves to build service infrastructure in Korea. Cisco is operating a Secure Access Korea point of presence, while Palo Alto Networks Korea is expanding cooperation with local firms, running training programmes and teaming up on frontier-AI threats. The report also lists other security industry moves and recent hacking and inspection figures in finance.