SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting later this year, emergency rooms in all hospitals will be equipped with stronger security. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Tuesday that starting on July 1, new legislation will come into effect that will oblige all emergency rooms to increase their security. In effect, all emergency [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunication company, said Sunday its WiFi service will have upgraded security with encryption-based privacy protection technology. KT said it will apply a technology that protects International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) for Android phones to its 130,000 wireless zones nationwide. IMSI is a unique [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry and the National Policy Agency (NPA) will hold a meeting this week with officials from foreign diplomatic missions here to discuss ways to beef up security in and around their compounds, the ministry said Wednesday. The meeting, slated for Thursday, aims to put together measures to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police on Wednesday announced measures to step up security at foreign ambassador residences here following a break-in of the U.S. ambassador’s home. The move by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency includes providing clubs and capsaicin sprays to officers guarding embassies and ambassador residences. The police also affirmed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent report has revealed that facilities run by the South Korean military are left exposed on Google’s satellite map service. Rep. Park Kwang-on, based on a report received from the Ministry of Defense, said that up to 40 percent of all South Korean military facilities are left exposed [...]
NEW YORK, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – David Harding, CTO at ImageWare Systems, discusses Biointellic launch “In The Boardroom” on SecuritySolutionsWatch.com. For the complete content, please click here: http://www.securitysolutionswatch.com/Interviews/in_Boardroom_ImageWare_Harding.html ImageWare Systems’ new intelligent anti-spoofing system to strengthen identity proofing and user authentication. ImageWare® Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), is a leader in mobile and cloud-based identity proofing [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Psychiatric hospitals, clinics, and medical centers with high rates of violence will now be obliged to install emergency bells and doors, and hire security staff. Legislation will be amended to heavily punish those resorting to violence against medical staff and patients inside medical institutions, regardless of whether the aggressor [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom companies have released their new security management solutions as the country gets ready to begin 5G services that boast higher network efficiency and potential to offer high-value differentiated services. Local carriers are stepping up promotion for their new security services as they are set to launch [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday it will apply quantum cryptography technology in its 5G network to ensure security of its operations. Quantum-safe technology encrypts transmitted data using special quantum keys, which prevents interception or theft, minimizing the various risks caused by hackers. SK Telecom said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDS Co., an IT arm of South Korea’s top business group Samsung, said Monday it has developed an anti-hacking technology that will beef up electronic signature security. The company said the technology centers on blocking side-channel attacks, a hacking method that steals private information by analyzing signals and [...]