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A Study on the Defense Cyber Warfare Exercise (국방사이버전 연습체계 개선 방안 연구)

  • Kwon, Moon-Taek
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2009
  • In the information society, information security is a critical issue for defense cyber network system. This paper provides a result of a study on the defense cyber exercise system for cyber warfare. So far, defense cyber exercise system has been uneffective and is not systematic even if several exercises has been implemented. In order to overcome these problems, a systematic and integrated cyber exercise process is suggested. Under the suggested system, we expect that cyber exercise for cyber warfare will be implemented with more effective manner.

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The Trends of Domestic and Overseas Cyber Security Training (국내외 사이버보안 훈련 동향)

  • Lee, Daesung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.857-860
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    • 2021
  • The 21st century society has entered the fourth industrial society of machine to machine from the information society of human to machine. Accordingly, countries around the world are always operating efficient crisis management systems that can quickly respond to disasters or crises. As cyber attacks such as cyber warfare are actually progressing, countries around the world are conducting defense training in response to cyber attacks, and reflecting the results of simulation attacks in improving or building security systems. In this paper, we would like to consider the future cyber training development guide by comparing and analyzing the trends of cyber training in domestic and foreign countries.

Establishment of Cyber Security Countermeasures amenable to the Structure of Power Monitoring & Control Systems (전력계통 제어시스템 구조에 따른 사이버 보안대책 수립)

  • Woo, Pil Sung;Kim, Balho H.
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.12
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    • pp.1577-1586
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    • 2018
  • The emergence of the Smart Grid is an integrated solution for the next generation power system that combines IT technology in the power system to create optimal energy utilization and various services. However, these convergence technologies (power systems and information communications) are not only improving the related technologies but also producing various problems especially exposure to cyber risk. In particular, the intelligent power grid has security vulnerabilities through real-time information sharing among various organically linked systems, and it is more complicated than the cyber risk problem in the existing IT field and is directly connected to national disaster accidents. Therefore, in order to construct and operate a more stable smart grid, this paper analyzes the system of power system control system in Korea, and proposes a cyber security element definition and a countermeasure establishment method of power monitoring & control systems based on security standards of smart grid (No. SPS-SGSF-121-1-1).

The Model to Implement the Cyber Security Policy and Strategy for Azerbaijan Information System (아제르바이잔 정보시스템에 대한 사이버보안 정책과 전략의 실행모델 구축)

  • Aliyeva, Leyla Mehdi;Hwang, Gee-Hyun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2019
  • This study aims to build an AHP model that evaluates the priority of cyber security policies for the Azerbaijan information system. For this, 4 factors were constructed from components of ITU National Interest Model, whereas 5 alternatives were based on the best practices of the eight developed countries leading the cyber security field. Using the questionnaire, 24 security experts evaluated the strategic priority of such factors or alternatives. The analysis results using the AHP software showed that homeland defense and economic well-being were the dominant aspects of cyber security policy, whereas capacity building and infrastructure were the main concern of cyber security elements for Azerbaijan. This study presents the strategic priority of cyber security policies that can be adopted by Azerbaijan government. This study can contribute to developing the national cyber security guide of Azerbaijan.

Probabilistic safety assessment-based importance analysis of cyber-attacks on nuclear power plants

  • Park, Jong Woo;Lee, Seung Jun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.138-145
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    • 2019
  • With the application of digital technology to safety-critical infrastructures, cyber-attacks have emerged as one of the new dangerous threats. In safety-critical infrastructures such as a nuclear power plant (NPP), a cyber-attack could have serious consequences by initiating dangerous events or rendering important safety systems unavailable. Since a cyber-attack is conducted intentionally, numerous possible cases should be considered for developing a cyber security system, such as the attack paths, methods, and potential target systems. Therefore, prior to developing a risk-informed cyber security strategy, the importance of cyber-attacks and significant critical digital assets (CDAs) should be analyzed. In this work, an importance analysis method for cyber-attacks on an NPP was proposed using the probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) method. To develop an importance analysis framework for cyber-attacks, possible cyber-attacks were identified with failure modes, and a PSA model for cyber-attacks was developed. For case studies, the quantitative evaluations of cyber-attack scenarios were performed using the proposed method. By using quantitative importance of cyber-attacks and identifying significant CDAs that must be defended against cyber-attacks, it is possible to develop an efficient and reliable defense strategy against cyber-attacks on NPPs.

An Analysis of Information Security Management Strategies in the Presence of Interdependent Security Risk

  • Shim, Woo-Hyun
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.79-101
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    • 2012
  • This study expands the current body of research by exploring multiple scenarios of insufficient and excessive IT security investments caused by interdependent risks and the interplay between IT security investments and cyber insurance. A key finding is that organizations experiencing interdependent risks with different types of cyber attacks (i.e., targeted and untargeted attacks) use different strategies in making IT security investment decisions and in purchasing cyber insurance policies for their information security risk management than firms that are facing independent risks. The study further provides an economic rationale for employing insurance mechanisms as a risk management solution for information security.

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Access Control Models for XML Databases in the Cloud

  • Alfaqir, Shumukh;Hendaoui, Saloua;Alhablani, Fatimah;Alenzi, Wesam
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.89-96
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    • 2022
  • Security is still a great concern to this day, albeit we have come a long way to mitigate its numerous threats. No-SQL databases are rapidly becoming the new database de-facto, as more and more apps are being developed every day. However, No-SQL databases security could be improved. In this paper, we discuss a way to improve the security of XML-based databases with the use of trust labels to be used as an access control model.

A Study on the Short Term Curriculum for Strengthening Information Security Capability in Public Sector (공공분야 정보보안 역량 강화를 위한 단기 교육과정 연구)

  • Yun, Joobeom
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.769-776
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    • 2016
  • Recently, cyber attacks are continuously threatening the cyberspace of the state across the border. Such cyber attacks show a surface which is intelligent and sophisticated level that can paralyze key infrastructure in the country. It can be seen well in cases, such as hacking threat of nuclear power plant, 3.20 cyber terrorism. Especially in public institutions of the country in which there is important information of the country, advanced prevention is important because the large-scale damage is expected to such cyber attacks. Technical support is also important, but by improving the cyber security awareness and security expert knowledge through the cyber security education to the country's public institutions workers is important to raise the security level. This paper suggest education courses for the rise of the best security effect through a short-term course for the country's public institutions workers.

Introduction of Requirements and Regulatory Guide on Cyber Security of I&C Systems in Nuclear Facilities (원전 계측제어시스템의 사이버보안 요구사항)

  • Kang, Young-Doo;Jeong, Choong-Heui;Chong, Kil-To
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.10b
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    • pp.209-210
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    • 2008
  • In the case of unauthorized individuals, systems and entities or process threatening the instrumentation and control systems of nuclear facilities using the intrinsic vulnerabilities of digital based technologies, those systems may lose their own required functions. The loss of required functions of the critical systems of nuclear facilities may seriously affect the safety of nuclear facilities. Consequently, digital instrumentation and control systems, which perform functions important to safety, should be designed and operated to respond to cyber threats capitalizing on the vulnerabilities of digital based technologies. To make it possible, the developers and licensees of nuclear facilities should perform appropriate cyber security program throughout the whole life cycle of digital instrumentation and control systems. Under the goal of securing the safety of nuclear facilities, this paper presents the KINS' regulatory position on cyber security program to remove the cyber threats that exploit the vulnerabilities of digital instrumentation and control systems and to mitigate the effect of such threats. Presented regulatory position includes establishing the cyber security policy and plan, analyzing and classifying the cyber threats and cyber security assessment of digital instrumentation and control systems.

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Clustering Keywords to Define Cybersecurity: An Analysis of Malaysian and ASEAN Countries' Cyber Laws

  • Joharry, Siti Aeisha;Turiman, Syamimi;Nor, Nor Fariza Mohd
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.17-33
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    • 2022
  • While the term is nothing new, 'cybersecurity' still seems to be defined quite loosely and subjectively depending on context. This is problematic especially to legal writers for prosecuting cybercrimes that do not fit a particular clause/act. In fact, what is more difficult is the non-existent single 'cybersecurity law' in Malaysia, rather than the current implementation of 10-related cyber security acts. In this paper, the 10 acts are compiled into a corpus to analyse the language used in these acts via a corpus linguistics approach. A list of frequent words is firstly investigated to see whether the so-called related laws do talk about cybersecurity followed by close inspection of the concordance lines and habitually associated phrases (clusters) to explore use of these words in context. The 'compare 2 wordlist' feature is used to identify similarities or differences between the 10 Malaysian cybersecurity related laws against a corpus of cyber laws from other ASEAN countries. Findings revealed that ASEAN cyber laws refer mostly to three cybersecurity dominant themes identified in the literature: technological solutions, events, and strategies, processes, and methods, whereas Malaysian cybersecurity-related laws revolved around themes like human engagement, and referent objects (of security). Although these so-called cyber related policies and laws in Malaysia are highlighted in the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA), their practical applications to combat cybercrimes remain uncertain.