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to demonstrate the ROK Armed Forces’ capabilities in various cyber-operation
situations.

Expanding Cyber-Forces and The ROK Armed Forces is expanding
Advancing Response Capabilities various cyber-forces to ensure the safety
of cyberspace from cyber-attacks that are
on the rise and getting more sophisticated every day. A cyber-operation system that
integrates and visualizes various kinds of information necessary for cyber operations
was established, enabling prompt decision making and command and control by
commanders, and cyber-forces are being built focusing on detection and analysis
systems that identify abnormal behaviors on the network such as malicious codes.
In line with the rapidly changing cyber-environment, the MND plans to enhance
its capability to effectively respond to unstructured cyber-attacks with the help of
the latest technologies including AI and to continuously reinforce the functions and
performance of the cyber-operation system.
The ROK Armed Forces is advancing their response capabilities to enable rapid
and systematic measures in a cyber-crisis situation by periodically conducting cyber-
simulation training and expanding mutual cooperation with civilian and government

agencies.

Strengthening International As hostile acts inside cyberspace, where the
Cooperation in Cybersecurity whole world is connected, are transnational

threats that are diff cult for a single country to
solve, trust and cooperation among countries are essential for effective response. For
this reason, the ROK Armed Forces is strengthening their international cooperation
in the cybersecurity domain through various bilateral and multilateral consultation
channels.
The most active country in cybersecurity is the US Based on the traditional
ROK–US alliance, the ROK MND and the US DoD have been operating the Cyber
Cooperation Working Group since 2014 and through the group, the two countries
have shared cyber-threat information and discussed on cooperation and exchange
plans in the fields of technology, human resources, and organizations. The ROK
and the US aim to maintain close partnerships by specifying and substantializing
cooperation matters.
As a multilateral cooperation channel, both countries have been operating
the Cyber Working Group since 2014 in the Seoul Defense Dialogue, an annual
multilateral security consultative body at the vice-ministerial-level hosted by the

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