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Trusted Certificate Validation Scheme for Open LBS Application Based on XML Web Services

  • Moon, Ki-Young;Park, Nam-Je;Chung, Kyo-Il;Sohn, Sung-Won;Ryou, Jae-Cheol
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.86-95
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    • 2005
  • Location-based services or LBS refer to value-added service by processing information utilizing mobile user location. With the rapidly increasing wireless Internet subscribers and world LBS market, the various location based applications are introduced such as buddy finder, proximity and security services. As the killer application of the wireless Internet, the LBS have reconsidered technology about location determination technology, LBS middleware server for various application, and diverse contents processing technology. However, there are fears that this new wealth of personal location information will lead to new security risks, to the invasion of the privacy of people and organizations. This paper describes a novel security approach on open LBS service to validate certificate based on current LBS platform environment using XKMS (XML Key Management Specification) and SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), XACML (extensible Access Control Markup Language) in XML security mechanism.

Multidomain Network Based on Programmable Networks: Security Architecture

  • Alarco, Bernardo;Sedano, Marifeli;Calderon, Maria
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.651-665
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    • 2005
  • This paper proposes a generic security architecture designed for a multidomain and multiservice network based on programmable networks. The multiservice network allows users of an IP network to run programmable services using programmable nodes located in the architecture of the network. The programmable nodes execute codes to process active packets, which can carry user data and control information. The multiservice network model defined here considers the more pragmatic trends in programmable networks. In this scenario, new security risks that do not appear in traditional IP networks become visible. These new risks are as a result of the execution of code in the programmable nodes and the processing of the active packets. The proposed security architecture is based on symmetric cryptography in the critical process, combined with an efficient manner of distributing the symmetric keys. Another important contribution has been to scale the security architecture to a multidomain scenario in a single and efficient way.

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Development of the framework for quantitative cyber risk assessment in nuclear facilities

  • Kwang-Seop Son;Jae-Gu Song;Jung-Woon Lee
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.6
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    • pp.2034-2046
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    • 2023
  • Industrial control systems in nuclear facilities are facing increasing cyber threats due to the widespread use of information and communication equipment. To implement cyber security programs effectively through the RG 5.71, it is necessary to quantitatively assess cyber risks. However, this can be challenging due to limited historical data on threats and customized Critical Digital Assets (CDAs) in nuclear facilities. Previous works have focused on identifying data flows, the assets where the data is stored and processed, which means that the methods are heavily biased towards information security concerns. Additionally, in nuclear facilities, cyber threats need to be analyzed from a safety perspective. In this study, we use the system theoretic process analysis to identify system-level threat scenarios that could violate safety constraints. Instead of quantifying the likelihood of exploiting vulnerabilities, we quantify Security Control Measures (SCMs) against the identified threat scenarios. We classify the system and CDAs into four consequence-based classes, as presented in NEI 13-10, to analyze the adversary impact on CDAs. This allows for the ranking of identified threat scenarios according to the quantified SCMs. The proposed framework enables stakeholders to more effectively and accurately rank cyber risks, as well as establish security and response strategies.

Effects of Cyberloafing on Cybersecurity Risks of Organizations: The Case of a Financial Institute (사이버로핑이 조직의 정보보호 리스크에 미치는 영향)

  • Hyunwoo Oh;Beomsoo Kim;Jaeyoung Park
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.813-826
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    • 2023
  • Organization members often use the Internet for non-work purposes during work hours, which is called cyberloafing. Certain types of cyberloafing (e.g., webhard, adult, and gambling sites access) can be a major cause of malware infection, which can ultimately generate significant damages to organizations. It therefore is important to examine the relationship between cyberloafing and cybersecurity risks of organizations. We analyzed log data from an internet filtering system of a financial institute and found that the more employees access to blacklist sites, the higher the possibility of malicious code infection. In other words, cyberloafing increases cybersecurity risks of organizations. We suggest that organizations need to monitor and control their members' internet use in an appropriate way.

A Study on Data Security Control Model of the Test System in Financial Institutions (금융기관의 테스트시스템 데이터 보안통제 모델 연구)

  • Choi, Yeong-Jin;Kim, Jeong-Hwan;Lee, Kyeong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.1293-1308
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    • 2014
  • The cause of privacy extrusion in credit card company at 2014 is usage of the original data in test system. By Electronic banking supervision regulations of the Financial Supervisory Service and Information Security business best practices of Finance information technology (IT) sector, the data to identify the customer in the test system should be used to convert. Following this guidelines, Financial firms use converted customer identificaion data by loading in test system. However, there is some risks that may be introduced unintentionally by user mistake or lack of administrative or technical security in the process of testing. also control and risk management processes for those risks did not studied. These situations are conducive to increasing the compliance violation possibility of supervisory institution. So in this paper, we present and prove the process to eliminate the compliance violation possibility of supervisory institution by controlling and managing the unidentified conversion customer identification data and check the effectiveness of the process.

A Study on the Information Security Control and Management Process in Mobile Banking Systems

  • Kim, So Young;Kim, Myong Hee;Park, Man-Gon
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.218-232
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    • 2015
  • According to the development of information processing technology and mobile communication technology, the utilization of mobile banking systems is drastically increasing in banking system. In the foreseeable future, it is expected to increase rapidly the demands of mobile banking in bank systems with the prevalence of smart devices and technologies. However, the keeping 'security' is very important in banking systems that handles personal information and financial assets. But it is very difficult to improve the security of banking systems only with the vulnerabilities and faults analysis methods of information security. Hence, in this paper, we accomplish the analysis of security risk factor and security vulnerability that occur in mobile banking system. With analyzed results, we propose the information security control and management processes for assessing and improving security based on the mechanisms which composes mobile banking system.

The Study on the security of Smartphone (스마트폰 보안 기술 분석)

  • Lee, Young Sook;Kim, Jee Yeon
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.91-105
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    • 2010
  • With the release Apple's iPhone, smartphone is enjoying a tremendous popularity. Security experts pointed the smartphone security risks and KCC(Korea Communications Commission) published safety rules for smartphone users. In this paper we surveyed market and product trends of smartphone and analyzed the security technology of smartphoen OS including Symbian, iPhone OS, Windows Mobile and Android.

Factors to Affect Acceptance of Open Banking from Information Security Perspectives (정보보호 관점에서의 오픈뱅킹 수용도에 대한 영향요인)

  • Go, Jeunghyeun;Lee, Woonboo
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.63-81
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    • 2021
  • Joint financial network of Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute, which is an essential facility with a natural monopoly, maintained its closedness as monopoly/public utility model, but it has evolved in the form of open banking in order to obtain domestic fintech competitiveness in the rapidly changing digital financial ecosystem such as the acceleration of Big Blur. In accordance with digital transformation strategy of financial institutions, various ICT companies are actively participating in the financial industries, which has been exclusive to banks, through the link technology called Open API. For this reason, there has been a significant change in the financial service supply chain in which ICT companies participate as users. The level of security in the financial service supply chain is determined based on the weakest part of the individual components according to the law of minimum. In addition, there is a perceived risk of personal information and financial information leakage among the main factors that affect users' intention to accept services, and appropriate protective measures against perceived security risks can be a catalyst, which increases the acceptance of open banking. Therefore, this is a study on factors affecting the introduction of open banking to achieve financial innovation by developing an open banking security control model for financial institutions, as a protective measures to user organizations, from the perspectives of cyber financial security and customer information protection, respectively, and surveying financial security experts. It is expected, from this study, that effective information protection measures will be derived to protect the rights and interests of financial customers and will help promote open banking.

A Measures to Converge Manage an Efficient Information Security Management System for Information Security Experts Manpower (정보보호 인력양성을 위한 효율적인 정보보호관리체계의 융합 관리 방안)

  • Lee, Keun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2014
  • The development in IT technology has brought about various services that are on offer based on a new service model. But such new services have increased security risks. The government is operating a program to foster experts in information security to protect assets from the threat of such risks, too. Society's awareness on the importance of information security has also grown, leading to various courses to train such personnel, including membership clubs for the fostering of such specialists. This study seeks to suggest a method that efficiently manages the convergence of running a curriculum on ISMS(information security management systems) and a club that focuses on information protection. Such converged information security courses are expected to contribute to a safer IT-based society.

An Ex Ante Evaluation Method for Assessing a Government Enforced Security Measure (정부의 정보 보안 대책 법제화의 사전 효과성 분석 방법)

  • Shim, Woohyun
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.241-256
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    • 2015
  • In order to ensure that all firms are cyber-secure, many governments have started to enforce the implementation of various security measures on firms. Prior to the implementation, however, it is vague whether government enforced security measures will be effective for mitigating cyber-security risks. By applying a method for estimating the effectiveness of a mandatory seatbelt law in reducing fatalities from motor vehicle accidents, this study develops an ex ante evaluation method that can approximate the effectiveness of a government enforced security measure in reducing country-wide or industry-wide cyber-security risks. Using data obtained from the Korean Internet and Security Agency, this study then explores how to employ the developed method to assess the effectiveness of a specific security measure in mitigating cyber-security risks, if enforced by the government, and compares the effectiveness of various security measures. The comparison shows that compulsory security training has the highest effectiveness.