{
  "id": 7711235,
  "title": "SK Telecom, F5 sign partnership on AI cloud security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sk-telecom-f5-sign-partnership-on-ai-cloud-security-7711235",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T05:22:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260916/sk-telecom-f5-sign-partnership-on-ai-cloud-security"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SK Telecom has announced a partnership with F5, a leading global security company, to enhance cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) cloud security. The collaboration aims to bolster SK Telecom's defenses against web and API attacks, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and bot attacks.\n\nUnder the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom will serve as both a value-added reseller and a managed service provider for F5's software-as-a-service security platform. This makes SK Telecom F5's first domestic managed service partner for the platform. F5, headquartered in Seattle, is a global leader in multicloud application and API security, catering to over 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies.\n\nThe partnership responds to the rapidly growing AI market and the increasing emphasis on tightening security regulations. SK Telecom sees the collaboration as a strategic move to address the evolving security challenges in the digital landscape.",
  "summary": "SK Telecom said it signed a partnership with global security company F5 to expand cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) cloud security, aimed at strengthening the carrier's ability to defend against web and API attacks as well as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and bot attacks. Under the deal, SK Telecom will act as both a value-added reseller, which resells F5 products with added…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "SK Telecom, F5 sign partnership on AI cloud security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sk-telecom-f5-sign-partnership-on-ai-cloud-security",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:12:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}