National AI Strategy Committee launches 'National Cyber Resilience Enhancement Task Force'

[Financial News] The National AI Strategy Committee said on the 12th that it had launched the National Cyber Resilience Enhancement Task Force.
The task force will comprise 11 civilian members, including Lee Won-tae, chair of the committee's Security Special Committee and a specially appointed professor at Kookmin University, who will lead the team, as well as members of the Security and Regional Special Committees, the Defense and Security Division, the Public AI Transformation (AX) Division, and the Global Cooperation Division. Relevant government agencies, including the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, and the National Intelligence Service, will also participate in efforts to promote cooperation across the government.
The task force will analyze AI threats and policy gaps in existing response systems, and identify policy directions and priority tasks to ensure the continuity, substitution and recovery of the nation's core functions and essential services. It also plans to consider a field support system that takes into account sites with limited response capabilities, such as small and medium-sized enterprises and local community facilities. The system would cover diagnosing vulnerabilities based on the characteristics of each organization or company, providing guidance on improvements and recovery measures, conducting simulated exercises, and verifying actual recovery. The goal is to draw up, by the first quarter of 2027, a draft National Cyber Resilience Enhancement Strategy for the Superintelligence Era and an implementation roadmap for 2027–2028. The roadmap will include at least 10 key action items, at least 20 assessment items, at least three types of scenarios for compound failures and recovery involving key infrastructure such as AI data centers (AIDCs) and digital infrastructure closely tied to people's daily lives, and at least two design documents for related pilot projects.
Lee Won-tae, leader of the task force, stressed that “in the AI era, it is important not only to have the capacity to prevent attacks, but also to ensure that people's daily lives do not come to a halt even if an attack occurs,” and that “we must use AI to advance prevention and response systems, limit the spread of damage if an incident occurs, maintain essential services, and recover quickly.” He added, “Through this task force, we will develop practical measures to strengthen national cyber resilience that diagnose vulnerabilities on the ground—from core infrastructure to digital environments closely connected to people's daily lives—and support improvements and recovery.”
Ha Jung-woo, the committee's standing vice chair, said, “The committee plans to launch various task forces to deliver tangible results that people can feel, and the launch of this task force to strengthen national cyber resilience and protect people's daily lives and safety in the superintelligence era is the first step.” He added, “To ensure this task force delivers results, I will personally oversee the pooling of capabilities across relevant government agencies and the private sector, as well as the process from identifying key tasks to carrying them out.”
  


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