Presenting ''AXELERATE AhnLab'' as a Symbol of Achieving New Leap

AhnLab (CEO Kang Seok-kyun) held its 2026 opening ceremony at AhnLab headquarters in Pangyo on January 2nd (Friday) and announced promotions. CEO Kang announced the 2026 management policy "AXELERATE AhnLab" — combining "AX" (AI Transformation) and "Accelerate" — meaning to achieve a new leap by accelerating change in the AI transformation era. Key execution priority: "AI-First Transformation" — restructuring products, services, and internal work methods around AI to strengthen responsiveness to change and execution speed. CEO Kang: "In the AI transformation era, product/service innovation centered on AI and the acceleration and execution of change for rapid market environment response are most critical — with the spirit of '만마분등(萬馬奔騰, ten thousand horses galloping together)' in the Year of the Red Horse 2026, gather capabilities at each position and create AhnLab''s new leap together." Promotions announced: Executive Vice President (상무→전무) — Han Chan-seok (Business Division Head), Han Chang-gyu (Research Institute Director); Senior Managing Director (상무보→상무) — Koo Hyung-mo (Service Business Division Head), Kim Deok-hwan (Financial Planning Director), Kim Hong-hyun (Network Development Director), Han Tae-su (Convergence Development Director). AhnLab''s strategic positioning: as a cybersecurity company, AhnLab''s "AI-First Transformation" has both internal productivity dimensions (using AI to improve security product development and operations) and external product dimensions (AI-powered threat detection, response automation, and security analytics) — making AX simultaneously an operational transformation and a product differentiation strategy in a security market increasingly defined by AI-vs-AI threat dynamics.