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Comparison Study between the Cyber Weapon System and the Conventional Weapons Systems on Their Core Technologies Levels and Features (국방 사이버 무기체계와 기존 재래식 무기체계의 핵심기술 수준 및 특성 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Ho-gyun;Lim, Jong-in;Lee, Kyung-ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.985-994
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    • 2016
  • Since the inauguration of Defense Acquisition Program Administration(DAPA) in 2006, the national defense core technology research & development business has not only pertained to the weapons systems development but also to the improvement of the national science & technology capability via the acquisition of cutting-edge technologies. Furthermore, it has been closely related to the promotion of the defense industry and the mutual improvements of defense and civil technologies. The cyber warfare weapon system, a newly added national defense weapon system field since 2015, has become a promising weapon system branch for improving the national defense power as well as the national defense industry as shown in the case of Israel. By utilizing the existing result of the national defense core technology level, in order to establish the direction of technology planning of the cyber warfare weapon system, this paper analyzes the technology level and features of the cyber warfare weapon system in various aspects via comparisons with other weapons systems. The result of these analyses shows that the cyber warfare weapon system possesses a relatively high technology level due to the technology accumulation in the civilian sector while the relatively slow inclusion to the national weapons systems and the lack of the correspondence case regarding aggressive cyber responses in the defense sector yields a relatively low national rank. However, the technological gap between South Korea and the most advanced country in the field of cyber warfare technology is analyzed to be among the lowest, which indicates that with efficient and effective pursuits in terms of pthe weapons systems acquisitions as well as the core technologies research & development business, an outstanding cyber warfare capacity can be obtained in a short time.

Design of Financial Information Security Model based on Enterprise Information Security Architecture (전사적 정보보호 아키텍처에 근거한 금융 정보보호 모델 설계)

  • Kim, Dong Soo;Jun, Nam Jae;Kim, Hee Wan
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.307-317
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    • 2010
  • The majority of financial and general business organizations have had individual damage from hacking, worms, viruses, cyber attacks, internet fraud, technology and information leaks due to criminal damage. Therefore privacy has become an important issue in the community. This paper examines various elements of the information security management system and discuss about Information Security Management System Models by using the analysis of the financial statue and its level of information security assessment. These analyses were based on the Information Security Management System (ISMS) of Korea Information Security Agency, British's ISO27001, GMITS, ISO/IEC 17799/2005, and COBIT's information security architecture. This model will allow users to manage and secure information safely. Therefore, it is recommended for companies to use the security management plan to improve the companies' financial and information security and to prevent from any risk of exposing the companies' information.

A SCADA Testbed Implementation Architecture for Security Assessment (SCADA 시스템의 보안성 평가를 위한 테스트베드 구성)

  • Lee, Jong-Joo;Kim, Seog-Joo;Kang, Dong-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.50-56
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    • 2010
  • Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADAs) is real-time monitor and control systems. SCADA systems are used to monitor or control chemical and transportation processes, in municipal water supply systems, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, gas and oil pipelines, and other distributed processes. SCADA refers to a large-scale distributed system. The supervisory control system is placed on top of a real time control system to control external processes. Emerging security technologies and security devices are decreasing the vulnerability of the power system against cyber threats. Dealing with these threats and analyzing vulnerabilities is an important task for equipment such as RTU, IED and FEP. To reduce such risks, we develop such a SCADA testbed. This paper presents the development of a testbed designed to assess the vulnerabilities SCADA networks(including serial communication).

Improving the Efficiency of Cybersecurity Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear Power Plant Control Systems (원전 제어시스템 사이버보안 위험 분석방법의 효율성 개선)

  • Shin-woo Lee;Jung-hee Lee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.537-552
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    • 2024
  • Domestic nuclear power plants operate under the establishment of the "Information System Security Regulations" in accordance with the Nuclear Safety Act, introducing and implementing a cybersecurity system that encompasses organizational structure as well as technical, operational, and managerial security measures for assets. Despite attempts such as phased approaches and alternative measures for physical protection systems, the reduction in managed items has not been achieved, leading to an increased burden on security capabilities due to limited manpower at the site. In the main text, an analysis is conducted on Type A1 assets performing nuclear safety functions using Maintenance Rules (MR) and EPRI Technical Assessment Methodology (TAM) from both a maintenance perspective and considering device characteristics. Through this analysis, approaches to re-evaluate the impact of cyber intrusions on asset functionality are proposed.

Cyber Risk Management of SMEs to Prevent Personal Information Leakage Accidents (개인정보유출 사고 방지를 위한 중소기업의 사이버 위험관리)

  • So, Byoung-Ki;Cheung, Chong-Soo
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.375-390
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: Most of cybersecurity breaches occur in SMEs. As the existing cybersecurity framework and certification system are mainly focused on financial and large companies, it is difficult for SMEs to utilize it due to lack of cybersecurity budget and manpower. So it is necessary to come up with measures to allow SMEs to voluntarily manage cyber risks. Method: After reviewing Cybersecurity market, cybersecurity items of financial institutions, cybersecurity framework comparison and cybersecurity incidents reported in the media, the criticality of cybersecurity items was analyzed through AHP analysis. And cybersecurity items of non-life insurers were also investigated and made a comparison between them. Result: Cyber risk management methods for SMEs were proposed for 20 major causes of cyber accidents. Conclusion: We hope that the cybersecurity risk assessment measures of SMEs in Korea will help them assess their risks when they sign up for cyber insurance, and that cyber risk assessment also needs to be linked to ERM standardization.

Analysis of Influencing Factors of Cyber Weapon System Core Technology Realization Period (사이버 무기체계 핵심기술 실현시기의 영향 요인 분석)

  • Lee, Ho-gyun;Lim, Jong-in;Lee, Kyung-ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.281-292
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    • 2017
  • It is demanded to promote research and development of cyber weapons system and core technology in response to the ongoing cyber attack of North Korea. In this paper, core technologies of the future cyber weapon system are developed and the factors affecting the realization timing of core technologies were analyzed. 9 core technology groups and 36 core technologies are derived. Afterwards, these core technology groups are compared to the operation phase of the joint cyber warfare guideline and the cyber kill chain of Lockheed Martin. As a result of the comparison, it is confirmed that the core technology groups cover all phases of the aforementioned tactics. The results of regression analyses performed on the degree of influence by each factor regarding the moment of core technology realization show that the moment of core technology realization approaches more quickly as factors such as technology level of the most advanced country, technology level of South Korea, technology transfer possibility from the military sector to the non-military sector(spin-off factor), and technology transfer possibility from the non-military sector to the military sector(spin-on factor) increase. On the contrary, the moment of core technology realization is delayed as the degree at which the advanced countries keep their core technologies from transferring decrease. The results also confirm that the moment of core technology realization is not significantly correlated to the economic ripple effect factor. This study is meaningful in that it extract core technologies of cyber weapon system in accordance with revision of force development directive and join cyber warfare guideline, which incorporated cyber weapon system into formal weapon system. Furthermore, the study is significant because it indicates the influential factor of the moment of core technology realization.

Proposal of a framework for evaluating the operational impact of cyber attacks on aviation weapons systems(EOICA) (항공무기체계 사이버공격에 대한 작전영향성평가 프레임워크 제안)

  • Hong, Byoung-jin;Kim, Wan-ju;Lee, Soo-jin;Lim, Jae-sung
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 2020
  • Cyber attacks on the aviation weapon system, a state-of-the-art asset, have become a reality and are approaching as a constant threat. However, due to the characteristics of embedded software of the current aviation weapon system, it is managed and operated without connection to the network in peacetime, so the response management to cyber attacks is relatively weak. Therefore, when a cyber attack becomes a reality, it is urgent to prepare and evaluate measures for the adverse effects that such attack will have on the execution of the Air Tasking Order(ATO). In this paper, we propose a framework for operational impact assessment in order to avoid confusion in ATO execution and systematic response to cyber attacks on aviation weapons systems. The proposed framework is designed to minimize the negative impact on operations against cyber attacks that may occur under no warning by analyzing the impact on air operations for each aviation weapon system and standardizing countermeasures for this. In addition, it supports the operational commander to make a quick decision to command for the execution of the operation even in a situation where a cyber attack occurs.

Experiment on countermeasures against cyber security vulnerabilities using redundancy of ISO 19847 Shipboard Data Server (ISO 19847 선박 데이터 서버 이중화를 통한 사이버 보안 취약성 대응 방안 실험)

  • Lee, ChangUi;Lee, Seojeong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.793-806
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    • 2022
  • As the IMO introduced MASS (Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships), ISO(International Organization for Standardization) announced ISO 19847 of a maritime data sharing standard for collecting and remotely managing data of ship systems. Previous literature evaluated the risk using HAZOP for ISO 19847 and proved that risk assessment is useful through experiments. However, redundancy of ISO 19847 ship data server which is one of the risk reduction method suggested in previous literature, was designed but couldn't tested due to the limitations of the conditions. So, in this study, to prove the usefulness of the ship data server redundancy of ISO 19847 which was not tested in previous literature. It based on the design of previous literature, and the network of ship data servers was modeled using the SES/DEVS format and simulated using the DEVS# open source library.

Designing an evaluation model for cyber security management system implementation for companies participating in the automobile supply chain (based on ISO/SAE 21434 standard and TISAX assessment requirements) (자동차 공급망 참여기업 대상 사이버보안 관리체계 구현 평가모델설계 (ISO/SAE 21434 표준 및 TISAX 평가 요구사항을 기반으로))

  • Baek Eun Ho
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.49-59
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    • 2022
  • Cyber security in the automobile sector is a key factor in the life cycle of automobiles, and cyber security evaluation standards are being strengthened worldwide. In addition, not only manufacturers who design and produce automobiles, but also due to the nature of automobiles consisting of complex components and various parts, the safety of cybersecurity can be secured only when the implementation level of the cybersecurity management system of companies participating in the entire supply chain is evaluated and managed. In this study, I analyzed the requirements of ISO/SAE 21434 and TISAX, which are representative standards for evaluating automotive cybersecurity. Through a survey conducted on domestic/overseas company security officers and related experts, suitability and feasibility were reviewed according to priorities and industries, so 6 areas and 45 evaluation criteria were derived and presented as final evaluation items. This study is meaningful as a study in that it presented a model that allows companies participating in the automotive supply chain to evaluate the current cybersecurity management level of the company by first applying ISO/SAE 21434 and TISAX overall control processes before uniformly introducing them.

A Study on the Probabilistic Vulnerability Assessment of COTS O/S based I&C System (상용 OS기반 제어시스템 확률론적 취약점 평가 방안 연구)

  • Euom, Ieck-Chae
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.9 no.8
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to find out quantitative vulnerability assessment about COTS(Commercial Off The Shelf) O/S based I&C System. This paper analyzed vulnerability's lifecycle and it's impact. this paper is to develop a quantitative assessment of overall cyber security risks and vulnerabilities I&C System by studying the vulnerability analysis and prediction method. The probabilistic vulnerability assessment method proposed in this study suggests a modeling method that enables setting priority of patches, threshold setting of vulnerable size, and attack path in a commercial OS-based measurement control system that is difficult to patch an immediate vulnerability.