By Kang Jae-eun
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) — Argentina anticipates working with South Korea within the space of cybersecurity, as threats within the digital house turn into more and more complicated and delocalized amid the expansion of generative synthetic intelligence (AI), its cybersecurity company chief stated.
Hector Casas, the director of Argentina’s federal cybersecurity and knowledge company, made the remarks in a written interview Friday, forward of his go to to Seoul for the Cyber Summit Korea (CSK) 2026 subsequent week.
The feedback from the Argentine cybersecurity company chief come as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung described South America as Seoul’s key provide chain accomplice within the AI period, throughout his three-nation tour to the area in late July.
The 2 international locations agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in important minerals on the sidelines of a bilateral summit, together with pursuing joint initiatives throughout your complete lithium worth chain.
Casas stated such cooperation may lengthen to the cybersecurity area, including his company hopes to work in collaboration with Seoul within the “detection, prospection and malware evaluation of unhealthy gamers.”
Hector Casas, director of the federal cybersecurity and knowledge company of Argentina, is proven on this photograph from the CSK 2026 official web site. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
“(Cyberthreats) are worldwide with no distinction of the place the ‘unhealthy guys’ teams are positioned or what nationality they’re,” he confused, noting that Latin America is “not 100% protected” from digital threats originating from North Korea.
“It’s important to determine mechanisms for detecting and blocking intrusions via cooperation and joint efforts with different international locations,” he stated.
Within the interview, Casas elaborated on Argentina’s strategic plan to deal with cybersecurity challenges posed by rising AI-related infrastructure.
Late final yr, the Argentine authorities separated its cybersecurity and cyberintelligence features, newly creating an unbiased company dealing with digital threats, known as the Nationwide Cybersecurity Middle (CNC).
Since its launch in Could, the CNC oversees AR-CERT, the nation’s principal technical administration entity for laptop safety incidents. It additionally issued a mandate requiring all public establishments and significant nationwide infrastructure to overtake their programs in accordance with a brand new safety framework, Casas defined.
An illustrated picture of a cybersecurity incident (Yonhap)
“We consider that cybersecurity and cyberintelligence are two totally different branches … they should tackle totally different focuses and premises,” he stated.
The excellence can be necessary at the moment, because the nation faces repeated hacking makes an attempt focusing on state-owned databases and complicated phishing scams exploiting generative AI, he added.
Casas is about to ship a keynote speech on the CSK 2026, working from Wednesday to Friday in southern Seoul, and hosted by the Nationwide Intelligence Service and the Nationwide Safety Analysis Institute.
fairydust@yna.co.kr
(END)
