Government-led Public-Private Joint Platform by NIS
Hyundai Rotem, Hanwha Aero, LIG Nex1, and Partners
Joint Public-Private Response to Security Attacks
The Defense Industry Infringement Response Council announced on the 1st that it will promote a technology protection support project for defense industry partners.
The council is a public-private joint platform formed in September last year under the leadership of the National Intelligence Service. Major defense system companies such as Hyundai Rotem, Hanwha Aerospace, and LIG Nex1, as well as government agencies including the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Korea Customs Service, and the Defense Counterintelligence Command participate.
The council plans to select 15 system companies that are currently cooperating or have the potential to cooperate in the future as core defense partners and provide technology protection support. This is because defense exports have increased, leading to a rise in attempts of technology theft hacking. Hackers' method is to steal technology by bypassing partner companies.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will grant preferential points when core defense partners participate in SME technology protection vouchers or policy fund loan projects. Through the SME Technology Protection Service (led by the Korea Industrial Technology Protection Association), services such as security monitoring, internal information leakage prevention, malware, and ransomware detection will be provided.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration is continuously promoting projects such as building technology leakage prevention systems, supporting integrated security equipment rental fees, and diagnosing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The Defense Technology Protection Center of the Defense Technology Quality Institute plans to provide defense cybersecurity monitoring services to interested defense companies and partners starting from the second half of this year.
The National Intelligence Service plans to expand technology protection awareness education for core partners and conduct hacking and security vulnerability diagnosis projects to block foreign cyber hacking. Since May, the Defense Counterintelligence Command has been conducting joint security inspections with defense companies targeting partners to eliminate hacking vulnerabilities.
The council plans to create and distribute a brochure titled 'Introduction to Technology Protection Support System for Defense Partners' to defense partners in the future.
A council official stated, "Going forward, the public and private sectors will work together to proactively identify factors undermining the status of 'K-Defense' and take the lead in establishing fundamental measures to eradicate technology leakage," adding, "We plan to play a pivotal role in establishing an early warning system for defense industry infringements."
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