• The Journal of Information Systems
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.99-125
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• 2014

Internet environment and innovative ICT(information and communication technology) have brought about big changes to our lifestyle and industrial structure. In spite of the convenience of Internet, various cyber incidents such as malicious code infection, personal information leakage, smishing(sms + phishing), and pharming have frequently occurred. Information security must be recognized as a key and compulsory element for surviving in a global economy. Strategic roles of information security have recently been increasing, but effective implementation of information security is still a major challenge to organizations. Our study examines the influencing factors of information security and investigates the causal relationship between information security maturity level and organizational performance through an empirical survey. According to the results of our study, personal, organizational, technical, and social factors affect organizations's information security maturity level altogether. This result suggests that when dealing with security issues, the holistic and multi-disciplinary approaches should be required. In addition, there is a causal relationship between information security maturity level and organizational performance, and organizations aim to establish the efficient and effective ways to enhance information security maturity level on the basis of the results of this study.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4995-5014
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• 2018

As the area covered by the CPS grows wider, agencies such as public institutions and critical infrastructure are collectively measuring and evaluating information security capabilities. Currently, these methods of measuring information security are a concrete method of recommendation in related standards. However, the security controls used in these methods are lacking in connectivity, causing silo effect. In order to solve this problem, there has been an attempt to study the information security management system in terms of maturity. However, to the best of our knowledge, no research has considered the specific definitions of each level that measures organizational security maturity or specific methods and criteria for constructing such levels. This study developed an information security maturity model that can measure and manage the information security capability of critical infrastructure based on information provided by an expert critical infrastructure information protection group. The proposed model is simulated using the thermal power sector in critical infrastructure of the Republic of Korea to confirm the possibility of its application to the field and derive core security processes and goals that constitute infrastructure security maturity. The findings will be useful for future research or practical application of infrastructure ISMSs.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.3 no.9
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• pp.301-310
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• 2014

The absence of proactive information security management to ensure availability, accessibility and safety of information can bring serious risks to customers as well as to the organization's performance and competitiveness because improper security management undermines business continuity. This study analyzed the maturity of information security which affects the organizational performance. Through the literature reviews, a research model using the organizational performance as the dependent variable, the risk management process maturity and risk assessment process as independent variables and the information security policy indexes as moderate variables was proposed, and an empirical analysis was made on the basis of survey. The results showed that there was a high causal relationship between information security maturity and organizational performance. However, even if the proportions of information security staff ratio and the information security budget ratio increased, information security maturity did not affect organizational performance. It suggests that information security maturity affects organizational performance, but information security regulations have their limitation as being a catalyst to improve organizational performance.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.131-142
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• 2008

Enterprises accomplish their missions through obtaining and managing information. The unintended disclose of enterprises' sensitive information causes serious damage to enterprises, resulting in disruptive management. For effective security of enterprises, information security management systems and information security policy owing clear goals should be firmly established. This study analyzes factors influencing maturity of information security policy and gives important hints to execute information security policy.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.1585-1594
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• 2018

In recent years The importance of information security management for securing information collection and analysis, production and distribution is increasing. Companies are assured of confidence in information security through authentication of information Security Management System. However, level assessment and use of domains that make up the management system is limited. On the other hand, the security maturity model is able to diagnose the level of information protection of the enterprise step by step. It is also possible to judge the area to be improved urgently. It is a tool to support goal setting according to the characteristics and level of company. In this paper, C2M2, which is an example of security maturity model, is compared and analyzed with Korea Information Security Management System certification. Benchmark the model to check the level of information security management and derive the priority among the items that constitute the detailed area of information security measures of ISMS certification. It also look at ways to check the level of information security management step by step.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.25-31
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• 2012

The SSE-CMM model is how to verify the level of information protection as a process-centric information security products, systems and services to develop the ability to assess the organization's development. The CMM is a model for software developers the ability to assess the development of the entire organization, improving the model's maturity level measuring. However, this method of security engineering process improvement and the ability to asses s the individual rather than organizational level to evaluate the ability of the processes are stopped. In this research project based on their existing research information from the technical point of view is to define the maturity level of protection. How to diagnose an information security vulnerabilities, technical security system, verification, and implementation of technical security shall consist of diagnostic status. The proposed methodology, the scope of the work place and the current state of information systems at the level of vulnerability, status, information protection are implemented to assess the level of satisfaction and function. It is possible that measures to improve information security evaluation based on established reference model as a basis for improving information security by utilizing leverage.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.165-171
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• 2019

The domestic information security market is booming, For the development of the information security industry. I wanted to suggest a strategy for finding and developing a good business model. So the main products were classified by similar industries. And The sector was selected as the dependent variable. Expert interviews were conducted and classified according to technical maturity. Independent variables were sales, number of employees, and performance. Average analysis result, sales amounted to 8.798 billion won, 13.51 years in industry, and 64.3 employees. As a result of SPSS statistical analysis, the correlation between industry type and sales according to technical maturity (r = -.729) was within 5% of significance level. The regression results were significant. (p= .047<0.05) Therefore, industry classification and sales are related to technological maturity.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.121-128
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• 2014

SSE-CMM for security engineering, engineering, assurance, risk is divided into three elements of the process maturity assessment model and the level of information security presented. Maturity measurement of privacy, vulnerability diagnosis and risk analysis methodologies is used in practical field for present a comprehensive conclusion. The common cyber services are internet banking, mobile banking, telephone banking and the like. Transaction structure, a kind of cyber-banking system, information security maturity of the existing measurement methodologies for research purposes, vulnerability diagnosis and risk analysis methodologies to be used in practical field present a comprehensive conclusion. To ensure safety and convenience for the user, convenient to deal with cyber environment is the key to the activation of cyber trading. Particularly by measuring the maturity of cyber banking system to ensure the safety of the practice field much effects are expected as a result.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.1153-1165
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• 2019

Recently, threats of hacking have been increasing on the national intelligence service network and key infrastructure, including the defense field. The defense information system responds to threats from the outside through the network separation, but if the defense information system is hacked, it has a serious impact on the operations of wartime or peacetime military forces. Today, cyberattacks and threats are rising to unpredictable levels and making it practically impossible to completely block and prevent hacking threats completly. So, in this study proposed a maturity model to assess the level of cyber-resilience, which is the ability to ensure the system's viability and maintain continuity through rapid response and recovery if signs of cyberattacks by the defense information system are expected or occurred. The proposed maturity model is expected to contribute to improving the cyber security level of the defense information system by assessing the level of cyber resilience of the defense information system and identifying and supplementing fields that are lacking.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.165-167
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• 2023

정부에서는 내·외부 사이버 보안 위협 고도화에 대한 실질적이고 효과적인 대응을 위해 정보보호관리체계(Information Security Management; 이하 ISMS) 인증에 대한 법령을 시행하고 있다. ISMS 인증은 컨설팅과 인증심사를 분리하여 독립성을 확보하였으며, 현장심사 비중을 높여 기존 문서심사에 치중되었던 인증·평가제도와의 차별화를 통해 실효성을 증진시켰다. 그러나 최근 ISMS 인증을 받은 대상자임에도 불구하고 개인정보 정보유출 사고, 대규모 서비스 장애가 유발됨으로써, 다시금 ISMS 인증의 실효성 문제가 제기되고 있다. 현재 제기되고 있는 문제의 요인은 인증기준에 적합한 최소한의 요구사항만 심사·심의하는 ISMS 인증의 한계점에 기인한다. 본 논문에서는 이와 같은 ISMS 인증의 실효적 한계점을 개선하고 인증취득 대상자의 실질적 보안역량 강화시키기 위하여 성숙도 평가모델에 기반한 ISMS 인증제도 운영 방안을 제언한다.