Anam145's SignTrail wins CES 2027 cybersecurity innovation award
The Korean startup's anti-hacking tool blocks unverified transaction requests before the electronic signature step.
Anam145, a Korean startup founded by Korea University cybersecurity researchers, has won the CES 2027 Best of Innovation award in the cybersecurity category for its anti-hacking solution SignTrail, according to dailysecu.com.
The Best of Innovation award is given by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) to technologies that receive the highest scores in each category.
SignTrail validates the execution environment that generates and processes transaction requests, rather than only protecting stored private keys. Transaction requests that fail verification are held or blocked before the electronic signature step. The system can be integrated with existing key storage and signing systems and keeps logs of blocked transactions and verification results.
Anam145 will run a booth at the Korea University pavilion at CES 2027, held January 6-9, 2027 in Las Vegas, where it will demonstrate SignTrail and other technologies.
Origins and earlier work
The company was founded in 2023 by faculty and researchers of Korea University's Cyber Defense Department and Graduate School of Information Security. In February 2025, about $1.5 billion in assets was stolen from an overseas cryptocurrency exchange, a case cited as motivation for the technology; at the time, the FBI stated that attackers had taken control of the approval software environment and induced staff to sign malicious transactions they believed were normal.
Anam145 was selected for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' deep-tech TIPS program and is participating in a UNDP demonstration project to digitalize payment operations in Liberia.
Quick answers
What did Anam145 win at CES 2027?
It won the CES 2027 Best of Innovation award in the cybersecurity category for its anti-hacking solution SignTrail.
Where can I see SignTrail at CES 2027?
Anam145 will run a booth at the Korea University pavilion at CES 2027, held January 6-9, 2027 in Las Vegas.
How does SignTrail work?
It validates the execution environment behind transaction requests and holds or blocks requests that fail verification before the electronic signature step.