Intelligent SME.tech Issue 32 | Page 9

intelligent

UL Solutions and South Korea ’ s Ministry of SMEs establish new relationship

UL Solutions ’ Weifang Zhou and Minister Lee sign MoU

UL Solutions , a global leader in applied safety science , and South Korea ’ s Ministry of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises and Start-ups ( MSS ) signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ), formalising a collaboration to support market access readiness for promising South Korean start-ups in new industries , including new mobility .

The MoU was signed by the Minister of SMEs and Start-ups ,

Young Lee , and UL Solutions ’ Executive Vice President and President of Testing Inspection and Certification , Weifang Zhou , on the occasion of South Korean President Yoon ’ s state visit to the United States .

The MoU will facilitate cooperation between MSS and UL Solutions to include the development of implementation agreements to guide support for South Korean tech startups using UL Solutions safety science expertise and a global certification support centre in South Korea .

“ This MoU is significant as it is the first case where UL Solutions , recognised as a leading quality and safety certification company , provides technical support to foreign start-ups ,” said Minister Lee .

CultureAI secures £ 7 million seed funding to reduce human security risks

CultureAI , a human risk management platform for security and awareness teams , has announced it has raised £ 7 million in seed funding , with investment from Conviction VC , Passion Capital , Senovo and angel investors , Paul Forster , Founder of Indeed , and Guntram Friede , formerly Head of Marketing EMEA at Mulesoft .

The investment will be used to improve the platform further and double the size of the company ’ s team , with a strong focus on research and development and new GTM strategies . This builds on a period of impressive growth . To date , CultureAI has helped to manage the security behaviours of more than 250,000 employees across customer organisations . This includes NatWest , Three and Dojo , and more recently Royal Mail Group and business banking platform , Tide .

CultureAI is a data-driven , cloud-based human risk management and automation platform for security and awareness teams that helps organisations measure , reduce and respond to all cyber-risks created by their workforces .

BlackBerry extends partnership with managed security services provider to ensure SMBs are set up for cyber success

BlackBerry and Solutions Granted have announced an extended partnership , naming the leading cybersecurity services provider a master managed security services provider ( MSSP ), enabling it to better scale and meet the growing demand for cybersecurity services among small- and mediumsized businesses ( SMBs ).

“ Solutions Granted has been honoured as BlackBerry MSSP Partner of the Year for North America for five consecutive years and we ’ re excited to take our partnership to the next level by crowning them as our top master MSSP ,” said Adam Enterkin , Chief Revenue Officer , Americas , BlackBerry Cybersecurity . “ BlackBerry is dedicated to increasing its focus on MSSP partners to ensure they ’ re set up for success . Endpoints are proliferating and so are the cyberattacks against them . Our extended partnership with Solutions Granted will help hundreds of SMBs continuously adapt to an ever-changing threat landscape .”

As a ‘ Master MSSP ’, Solutions Granted will be better positioned to help its own partners to deliver managed detection and response ( MDR ) and other managed security services to their mid-market and SMB clients .