Korea Financial Security Institute implements organizational restructuring to strengthen penetration testing, digital asset, and AI security

The Korea Financial Security Institute has carried out an organizational restructuring to proactively respond to cyber threats and adapt to changes in the digital financial environment.

On the 29th, the Institute said it had overhauled its existing organizational structure and strengthened capabilities in penetration testing, digital assets, and artificial intelligence (AI) security. First, it expanded the existing dedicated penetration testing unit to a department-level organization and newly established a dedicated unit for collecting and analyzing cyber threat intelligence (CTI) information to identify domestic and international cyber attack trends in advance.

The dedicated unit for digital asset security, including stablecoins, was also expanded and reorganized. In addition, in response to increasing demand for AI-related security, the AI-dedicated unit was elevated to a higher, department-level organization than before.

The organization supporting financial companies' autonomous security strengthening was also expanded, and data operations and personal information protection operations will be integrated and operated as a single organization. Through this, it intends to establish a security framework that simultaneously considers data use and personal information protection.

As part of business innovation, personnel changes focused on expertise and performance were also made. A total of 17 people, including 7 department heads and 10 team leaders, were newly appointed, marking the largest scale since the Institute's establishment. At the same time, a position open-application system was introduced for the first time, and former white-hat hacker experts were fully assigned to key positions in the penetration testing field.

Park Sang-won, head of the Korea Financial Security Institute, said, "In preparation for 2026, preventing cyber threats in advance through professional penetration testing and supporting digital asset and AI security in the rapidly changing digital environment are more important than anything else."