South Korea, U.S. Participate in 'Cyber Flag' Exercise... "Expecting Enhanced Cooperation Capability"

Joining for the second year... Scheduled to participate annually

South Korea will participate in 'Cyber Flag,' a multinational joint cyber defense exercise led by the U.S. Cyber Command.

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According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 17th, the Cyber Operations Command will join the Cyber Flag exercise, which will be conducted online remotely from today until the 28th.

Cyber Flag is an exercise hosted by the U.S. Cyber Command since 2011, held annually to enhance joint cyber combat readiness and partnerships with allied and friendly countries. This year, the exercise includes the Five Eyes intelligence alliance members?Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom?along with South Korea and Singapore. This marks South Korea's second participation since October last year.

At the 8th Korea-U.S. Defense Cyber Policy Working Group (CCWG) meeting held in Seoul last May, the Ministry of National Defense expressed South Korea's intention to participate regularly in Cyber Flag annually, and the U.S. side promised to "consider it positively." The Ministry stated that the core of this exercise is multinational defense and information fusion and analysis against global cyber threats, expecting that it will strengthen joint cyber cooperation operation capabilities.

The Ministry of National Defense added, "In the future, the Cyber Operations Command plans to develop the Korea-U.S. cyber operations cooperation system not only through the U.S. Cyber Flag exercise but also via bilateral exercises between the Korea-U.S. Cyber Commands and mutual exchanges of cyber experts and technology."

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