BNK Financial Group to Conduct Special Security Checks Across All Affiliates, Build AI-Based Monitoring System

[Financial News] BNK Financial Group has launched an inspection of information security systems across all its affiliates to strengthen cybersecurity.
BNK Financial Group said on the 9th that it had held a “Special Meeting on Information Security Response Systems” that day to discuss the group’s security status and measures to strengthen it.
The meeting was attended by executives of the holding company, the CEOs of all affiliates, and chief information security officers (CISOs). They shared the financial authorities’ policies for strengthening security and reviewed response systems.
Particular attention was paid to areas that could be vulnerable, including external system interfaces, access privileges, and authentication systems. The group decided to set corrective measures and deadlines for addressing any vulnerabilities found, and to monitor them until the measures were completed.
BNK Financial Group will also introduce an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system for checking security vulnerabilities. It plans to build, in stages, a group-wide integrated security monitoring system (G-SOC) that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to improve its ability to detect and respond to cyber threats.
The group will also strengthen cooperation among its affiliates. It plans to establish a “CISO Council,” comprising information security department heads and staff involved in day-to-day operations, to oversee emergency response, joint responses, and the implementation of improvement measures. This is expected to enable affiliates to share information quickly when a security incident occurs. A provisionally named “Information Security Committee,” composed primarily of external experts, is also planned.
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