Security News > 2011 > March > S. Korea to tighten security of gov't computer networks against DDoS attack

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. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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