Public Information Systems Reclassified; Government24, 112 and 71 Others Designated as 'National Core' Systems

[Financial News]  The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) has completely reclassified the importance levels of 15,033 public information systems. Seventy-three systems that directly affect daily life and national functions, including Government24, the Resident Registration System and the 112 System, were designated as the highest-level National Core (A1) systems.
MOIS said on the 27th that it had completed the reclassification work for public information systems, which began in April this year.
The reclassification follows last September's fire at the National Information Resources Service, when some systems with a major impact on daily life were assigned lower grades because they had relatively few users, delaying recovery.
MOIS revised the grading criteria to focus on the impact of service outages on the public, rather than the size of an agency or the number of users. It reclassified all public information systems into four grades, from A1 to A4.
As a result of the reclassification, 73 systems were placed in A1, accounting for 0.5% of the total. A2 included 157 systems (1.0%), A3 had 671 (4.5%), and A4 had 14,132 (94.0%).
The Information System Classification Review Committee reviewed the grades requested by each agency and raised the grade of systems directly related to public safety, life, or daily living, while lowering the grade of systems that had applied for a higher level than their actual importance warranted.
Among the 73 A1 systems, public safety accounted for the largest share with 22. This was followed by customs administration with 15, fiscal and finance with 11, health and welfare with 11, administrative infrastructure with 8, and land and transport with 6.
Major A1 systems include the 112 System, the Wildfire Situation Monitoring System, Government24, the Resident Registration System and the Import and Export Customs Clearance System.
Koo Hyun-mo, chair of the Information System Classification Review Committee, said, "We reviewed 15,033 information systems from the perspective of their impact on public life through deliberations by five subcommittees." He added, "We hope an effective disaster recovery system will be established in line with the finalized grades."

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