NH Investment & Securities Obtains Nationally Certified Information Security and Personal Information Protection Management System Certification

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] NH Investment & Securities announced on the 3rd that it has obtained the Information Security and Personal Information Protection Management System (ISMS-P) certification from the Financial Security Institute. ISMS-P (Personal Information & Information Security Management System) is the highest authority integrated certification system for information security and personal information protection in Korea, announced by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Personal Information Protection Commission.

ISMS-P is issued only when a financial company meets the standards by complying with 102 certification criteria and 384 inspection items according to the Financial Security Institute’s “Notice on Information Security and Personal Information Protection Management System Certification.” By obtaining the ISMS-P certification, NH Investment & Securities has been recognized for systematically managing all financial transaction information and personal information in electronic financial services such as trading as a financial company.

An official from NH Investment & Securities stated, “This ISMS-P certification is also the result of efforts made by all executives and employees, including management, who actively improved existing work processes and systems.” NH Investment & Securities plans to continue protecting information security and personal information protection with the participation of all executives and employees under the mission of customer trust and promises to customers.

Meanwhile, NH Investment & Securities aims to accelerate digital transformation in the financial industry and capital markets along with strengthening personal information protection. To flexibly respond to the expansion of the stock market and changes in the work environment triggered by COVID-19, it is promoting digital transformation with goals such as ‘business application of ABC (AI, Big Data, Cloud) technologies’ and ‘accommodating 1 million simultaneous users on MTS.’ In particular, since December last year, it has established a dedicated data organization called the ‘Big Data Center,’ composed of internal and external experts, to discover and analyze tasks for company-wide data-based work changes.

President Jung Young-chae said, “Balanced development of innovation and security is important for revitalizing digital finance, and this will become the competitiveness of digital transformation.” He added, “NH Investment & Securities will also spare no investment and effort for digital transformation through data, which is the core of the 4th Industrial Revolution.”

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