Research

Publications

We publish our in-depth security research using AI and machine learning, along with the validation results from building DocStory.

Organization
SMTechnology Corporate R&D Center Established June 2018
Focus areas
Endpoint security · Preemptive ransomware blocking · AI-based threat analysis

All Publications

  1. 2026.10Technical NoteWhitelist Auto-Classification — How Rules and AI Reduce Manual ManagementWe outline how the trust list is managed automatically, with rules handling Windows programs and programs with a valid signature, and a LightGBM model judging unknown programs.
  2. 2026.10Technical NoteAgent Self-Protection — Designing for Confidentiality, Integrity and AvailabilityBased on Korea’s security requirements for government use, we organized the features that protect the management server and the agent themselves into confidentiality, integrity and availability.
  3. 2023.11Validation ResultSafeBreach Attack Simulation Validation — Blocking Results for 281 Penetration TestsUsing SafeBreach, we reproduced 281 attacks that combine the Cyber Kill Chain with MITRE ATT&CK and compared the blocking results of an antivirus product from Korean vendor A, Windows Defender and DocStory.

Research Areas

Validation History

  1. 2023.11SafeBreach attack simulation validation (281 penetration tests)
  2. 2019.10Security Function Test Report issued
  3. 2018.06Corporate R&D Center established
  4. 2016.08DocStory V1.0 awarded GS Certification (Grade 1)
  5. 2016.03Whitelist engine developed