NIS to beef up cybersecurity cooperation with US CISA

Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) Deputy Director Baek Jong-wook, left, shakes hands with Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in Washington, D.C. Nov. 9, after signing a memorandum of ynderstanding outlining areas for collaboration under the bilateral Cyber Framework signed by President Joe Biden and President Yoon Suk Yeol in April, 2023. Courtesy of NIS

South Korea's spy agency said Friday it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in cybersecurity.

Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and CISA will conduct joint cyber training and share information about cyber threats.

The two agencies will also work together to protect critical infrastructure, formulate related policies and guidelines and explore new cybersecurity technologies.

The MOU is a followup to the Seoul-Washington summit in April, in which the two countries agreed to establish a bilateral Strategic Cybersecurity Cooperation Framework to expand joint efforts against cyber adversaries, according to the NIS. (Yonhap)