[AI Pick] Don’t stop even if you get hacked… Government pushes to strengthen national cyber resilience

The government is responding to cyber attacks using artificial intelligence (AI) and is pursuing measures to strengthen recovery capabilities even if a breach occurs.

The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee launched the 'National Cyber ​​Resilience Strengthening Task Force (TF)' on the 12th.

The launch of this TF is a follow-up measure to the 3rd meeting of the National AI Strategy Committee held on the 6th, and is intended to establish a national response system that can not only prevent cyber attacks in advance, but also maintain core functions and quickly recover after a breach.

This TF is led by Professor Wontae Lee of Kookmin University and consists of 11 civilian members, including members of the Security and Regional Special Committee of the National AI Strategy Committee and the Defense and Security, Public AX, and Global Cooperation subcommittees.

Relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, and the National Intelligence Service will also participate to promote pan-government cooperation.

The TF plans to analyze AI-based cyber threats and policy gaps in existing response systems, and derive policy directions and priority tasks for the continued operation, replacement, and recovery of national core functions and essential services.

In particular, considering sites that lack security response capabilities, such as small and medium-sized businesses and local living facilities, we will review a support system that includes diagnosis of vulnerable factors, guidance on improvement and recovery measures, mock training, and verification of actual recovery.

Based on this, the goal is to prepare a 'strategy to strengthen national cyber resilience in the era of superintelligence' and an implementation roadmap for 2027-2028 by the first quarter of next year.

TF leader Lee Won-tae emphasized, "In the AI ​​era, it is important to have the ability to prevent attacks as well as the ability to ensure that people's daily lives do not stop even if attacked. We must use AI to advance the prevention and response system, and even if a breach occurs, we must maintain essential services and quickly recover them while reducing the spread of damage."

Ha Jeong-woo, full-time vice-chairman of the National AI Strategy Committee, said, "To create results from this TF, we will directly take care of mobilizing the capabilities of related ministries and the private sector, and discovering and executing key tasks."