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What is an ISAC?

■ ISAC (Information Sharing & Analysis Center)

Koscom operates ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) which is approved by the Financial Services Commission in order to protect financial trading information. ISAC is a security center for collecting and analyzing cyber terrorism and hacking threats and for formulating hacking countermeasures. The United States is already operating ISAC centers and many countries around the world are now planning to build similar centers.

■ The function of ISAC

First, the ISAC provides real-time detection of cyber terror,such as hacking and viruses, in cooperation with the computer systems of member institutions and other financial and public institutions. The system provides immediate warnings for clients if an intrusion is detected; it then finds the security vulnerabilities and quickly devises measures to protect the system. Second, the ISAC provides a cyber incident DB, vulnerabilities DB,a patch information DB and on-line security information. Third, the ISAC has operated an ESM(Enterprise Security Management)system, CERT team, a real-time analyzing and the process about response, when the cyber attack happens.