[ISN] Korea, US Join Forces to Fight Cyber Terrorism

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 02:12:22 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/113_44315.html

By Do Je-hae
Staff Reporter
Korea Times
05-04-2009

South Korea and the United States will work more closely to secure 
security information and protect their intelligence networks from cyber 
attacks, according to the Ministry of National Defense on Monday.

It said that it recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 
the U.S. Department of Defense to boost cooperation on information and 
network security, in light of the heightened cyber dangers via hacking 
or virus attacks.

The MOU is also reflective of the concerns of both countries regarding 
North Korea and China, which are accelerating moves to organize cyber 
military units.

In addition, the two countries have been looking to expand support for 
joint missions of their militaries ahead of the 2014 transfer of South 
Korean wartime operational control from the United States, a ministry 
official said.

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