Korean Think tank, IFS : “Preventing Hacking should be a national priority”

march 20th, 2013

translated from a kukinews.com article

The IFS (The Institute for the Future of State), an influential think tank in Korea, implied that Hacking is a critical national problem, that should be considered a national priority.

On March 20th, the IFS posted a video of a lecture by professor Heung-sun Jang. In this lecture, professor Jang stressed the danger of Hacking, stating that a nation-wide disruption could stem from hacking. The professor suggests that a government wide emergency response plan was necessary to prevent such a situation.

Professor Jang states that ‘hacking is not a simple act of stealing,’ as it causes serious problems in ‘4 aspects, which are national security, national wealth, national order, and national human rights.’ He explained that hacking attacks are almost as dangerous as Nuclear weapons, mentioning a statemet by Kim Jong-un, the young leader of North Korea, that ‘the two prides of the republic are Nuclear weapns, and the hacker unit’.

Professor Jang proposed the establishment of a new anti-hacking government agency, the strengthening of anti-hacking laws, and mandating all ISPs to join anti-hacking insurance. Professor Jang emphasized that the ‘Hacking Problem is a pan-ministry problem, a national level problem, which calls for a thourough understanding.”, explaining why the establishment of a dedicated anti-hacking government agency was necessary. He mentioned the American NSA, and advised that Korea needed a counterpart, a powerful ‘control-tower’ hacking agency under the Presidential National Security Agency.

In addition, professor Jang argued for a government-level investment on cyber technology, the creation of a cyber security fund, the training of white-hat hackers, and the establishment of a ‘national hacker military academy’. He stated that a nation-wide exercise drill against hacking should be established.

Disclamer: I translated this myself, so I apologize for any awkward sentences. Here’s the original article.

http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?page=1&gCode=all&arcid=0007005875&code=11121100