[ISN] S. Korea to tighten security of gov't computer networks against DDoS attack

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:41:14 -0600 (CST)
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/03/22/16/0301000000AEN20110322003200315F.HTML

2011/03/22

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Security of the state Internet network being 
used by central and local administrations will be beefed up, the home 
affairs ministry said Tuesday, after the country came under a massive 
cyber attack, known as the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, 
early this month.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will put 
intranets of city, county and ward offices as well as the state Internet 
network under the protection of the government's computer system to 
automatically shut off abnormally heavy traffic and provide security 
against DDoS attacks.

The government will also build a computer system for sharing information 
on malignant codes in cooperation with civilian experts, Kim Nam-seok, 
the first vice home affairs minister, said during a forum with chief 
computer security officers here.

Hiring 60 more computer security officials for central and local 
governments and providing them short-term domestic and overseas 
trainings this year were also part of the countermeasures.

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