S. Korea Hosts ASEAN-Plus Cybersecurity Training

Participants of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) pose for a photo during a multinational cybersecurity training at the Nine Tree Premier ROKAUS Hotel Seoul Yongsan, in this photo provided by South Korea’s defense ministry on Nov. 10, 2023. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held a multinational cybersecurity exercise with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other nations to improve their coordinated responses against cyberthreats, the defense ministry said Friday.

A total of 17 members of the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) joined the Cyber Training and Exercise (CYTREX) held in Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday, their first in-person gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ministry.

Launched in 2010, the ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN and its eight dialogue partners — South Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Russia, India, Australia and New Zealand — to strengthen security and defense cooperation.

During the two-day exercise, participants investigated cyberattacks and analyzed malicious codes in a simulated environment, marking their first cyber training based on cross-border networks, it said.

(Yonhap)