KT said on the 12th that it launched an information security advisory committee to proactively respond to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
The KT information security advisory committee is a consultative body of outside experts. It reviews KT's information security strategy and key policies from an objective perspective and explores responses to future security threats together.
The information security advisory committee is composed of domestic experts across policy and systems; technology and security; industry and services; and artificial intelligence (AI) and Zero Trust. Zero Trust refers to a next-generation security model that goes beyond the traditional perimeter model focused on blocking external threats and applies the principle of "trust no one, always verify."
The inaugural advisors are Director Park Chun-sik of the Korea Zero Trust Security Association; Professor Jeong Eun-su of Cheongju University's Department of Digital Security; Professor Gwak Jin of Ajou University's Department of Cybersecurity; Professor Yun Myeong-geun of Kookmin University's School of Artificial Intelligence; Adviser Kim Hong-seon of Kim & Chang; Professor Park Cheol-jun of Kyunghee University's School of Computer Engineering; and Adviser Choi Gwang-hui of Shin & Kim LLC.
The advisory committee will provide advice to establish and strengthen KT's mid- to long-term information security strategy and execution. ◇ Strategies to respond to future security threats such as AI-based attacks and the abuse of generative AI ◇ policies for introducing and using AI security technologies ◇ building a Zero Trust-based security framework and advancing authentication, access control, and monitoring systems ◇ strengthening response systems against sophisticated cyberattacks such as APTs (advanced persistent threats) and ransomware ◇ measures to prevent incidents and avoid recurrence ◇ review of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection and global compliance ◇ and expanding cooperation with industry, academia, and government within the security ecosystem.
Following the establishment in the first half of the year of a privacy advisory committee specialized in personal information protection, KT launched this information security advisory committee and built governance that professionally operates the fields of "information protection" and "personal information protection" separately.
KT CEO Park Yun-young said, "Information protection in the AX (AI transformation) era goes beyond the realm of technology and is the most basic promise that corporations make to customers," adding, "We will turn the insights of the nation's top experts into action to complete a proactive prevention system based on Zero Trust."