Leading cybersecurity company Penta Security has been honored with the “The South Korea Web Application Firewall Industry” award by global market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan recognizes companies that excel in technological innovation, customer satisfaction, market influence, and long-term strategic vision. Penta Security earned this distinction, 2025 Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year Recognition – The South Korea Web Application Firewall Industry, for its intelligent WAAP (Web Application and API Protection) solution, WAPPLES.
Frost & Sullivan highlighted Penta Security’s achievements, stating “Penta Security has been selected for its exceptional performance in technological innovation, strategic execution, and customer value creation. With years of proven expertise and advanced security technologies, Penta Security’s flagship WAAP solution, WAPPLES, has established itself as the standard in Korea’s web security landscape, delivering outstanding proactive protection capabilities.” as the reason for awarding ‘2025 Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year Recognition – The South Korea Web Application Firewall Industry’.
Taejoon Jung, Director of the Planning Division at Penta Security, commented: “The success of WAPPLES, which has expanded across public, fintech, e-commerce, and cloud infrastructure sectors, reflects our relentless innovation to maintain market leadership while responding swiftly to customers’ evolving needs. Today, WAPPLES protects over 700,000 internet businesses and infrastructures in 171 countries worldwide. Moving forward, we remain dedicated to advancing R&D efforts to safeguard even more businesses across the globe.”
About Penta Security
Penta Security takes a holistic approach to cover all the bases for information security. The company has worked and is constantly working to ensure the safety of its customers behind the scenes through the wide range of IT-security offerings. As a result, with its headquarters in Korea, the company has expanded globally as a market share leader in the Asia-Pacific region.
As one of the first to make headway into information security in Korea, Penta Security has developed a wide range of fundamental technologies. Linking science, engineering, and management together to expand our technological capacity, we then make our critical decisions from a technological standpoint.
About Version 2 Digital
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
