Lee Won-tae, Research Fellow at the Korea Information Society Development Institute, Appointed as President of Korea Internet & Security Agency

[Asia Economy Reporter Seol Gina Jo] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 8th that it will appoint Lee Won-tae, a research fellow at the Intelligent Information Society Policy Center of the Korea Information Society Development Institute, as the president of the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) effective from the 9th.

Lee was appointed after being recommended by the executive recommendation committee and proposed by the Minister of Science and ICT. He is expected to lead KISA for the next three years.

Born in 1966, Lee earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Sogang University. He has served as an advisory member of the Personal Information Protection Commission's Institutional Innovation Advisory Group, vice president of the Korean Artificial Intelligence Law Society, and policy planning member of the Presidential Policy Planning Committee.

The Ministry of Science and ICT expressed expectations that "amid the environmental changes of the digital transformation, including the convergence of digital, manufacturing, and services, the core competencies of KISA will be strengthened."

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