South Korea Achieves Results at International Information Security Standards Meeting: 13 New Standardization Items Approved

ITU-T SG17 International Meeting Held in Geneva
Experts from 66 Countries Worldwide, 76 from South Korea
A New Opportunity to Expand the Information Security Market

Thirteen new standardization items proposed by South Korea to the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector Study Group 17 (ITU-T SG17) have been approved, and thirteen international standards have been preliminarily adopted.

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on December 14 that at the ITU-T SG17 international meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 3 to 11, thirteen new standardization items proposed by South Korea were approved, thirteen international standards were preliminarily adopted, and one international standard, one technical report, and one corrigendum were each finally approved.

ITU-T SG17 is a United Nations-affiliated study group that oversees international standards for information security. It holds international meetings twice a year to adopt international standards and provide technical guidelines.

This international meeting was attended by 482 experts from 66 member countries worldwide. South Korea was represented by 76 international security standard experts from industry, academia, and research institutes, who engaged in passionate discussions to reflect a total of 80 domestic information security technologies in international standards.

At the meeting, a total of 221 contributions were discussed, including 84 from China, 80 from South Korea, 20 from Europe, 9 from Japan, and 28 from other countries. South Korea accounted for 36% of the contributions, ranking second after China (38%).

South Korea received approval for thirteen new standardization items, including: security standards for applying end-to-end encryption technology to quantum key distribution networks; security features that allow selective provision of specific information in digital IDs; in-vehicle intrusion detection systems to enhance vehicle security; criteria and requirements to ensure data reliability in metaverse environments; and the development of next-generation security roadmaps (metaverse, digital twin, Internet of Things, distributed ledger technology).

In addition, thirteen items, such as security technologies for distributed ledger technology-based applications (identity management, power trading systems, asset management) and software supply chain security threats, were preliminarily adopted as international standards.

Furthermore, the following were finally approved: an international standard for evaluating the security functions of mobile devices; a technical report analyzing the environment for avatar data protection in metaverse applications; and a corrigendum on security threats and requirements for data access and sharing based on distributed ledger technology.

Meanwhile, the Study Group on Information Security has agreed to provisionally establish a new research project (Question 16) dedicated to overall AI security technologies, including AI self-security, generative AI models, deepfake detection, and fine-tuning security. South Korea plans to actively participate with the goal of securing new leadership by expanding the research scope to emerging fields such as agentic and physical AI security. The research project will be reviewed at the Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) international meeting in January 2026 and is expected to be finally approved at the next SG17 international meeting around June next year.

Lim Jeonggyu, Director of Information Security Network Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, emphasized, "It is highly significant that South Korea is leading the way in digital twin and distributed ledger technology as roadmap development precedes the start of standard development in next-generation security fields." He added, "Through this international meeting, South Korea achieved both qualitative and quantitative growth. The start of AI security standard development is a new opportunity to expand the information security market, and we will join forces with experts from industry, academia, and research institutes."