It has been reported that the Security Bureau, which is responsible for counterintelligence within the North Korean military, has ordered the establishment of an advanced surveillance system to further strengthen confidentiality management and security for corps-level Security Departments starting from the beginning of the new year.
Daily NK, a military source inside North Korea, said on the 8th, “The People’s Army Security Bureau issued an order on the 2nd to the 3rd Corps Security Department, including a plan to separately deploy wired and wireless communication networks and build an advanced surveillance system. This is to block information leaks and strengthen internal secret management. “It is for this purpose,” he said.
The Military Security Bureau is a counterintelligence agency within the North Korean military that plays a key role in controlling the military by secretly carrying out sensitive missions such as secret management, anti-regime activities, and monitoring of trends.
The fact that the Military Security Bureau is emphasizing the importance of confidential management and security of the Corps-level Security Department is a follow-up measure after the loopholes in the military information management system were pointed out at the 11th plenary session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party held at the end of last year. This is the source’s explanation.
It is said that leaks of military secrets and internal control issues were pointed out at the plenary meeting of the People’s Army section, and accordingly, the Military Security Bureau has ordered the strengthening of the secret management system of the corps-level Security Department from the beginning of the new year.
In other words, this order is interpreted as reflecting the North Korean military authorities’ will to further solidify the role and function of the military counterintelligence agency.
“The Military Security Bureau has ordered the installation of an independent wired and wireless telegraph system and specialized lines,” the source said. “This project is scheduled to be carried out intensively during the month of January.”
According to sources, this project focuses on preventing the risk of confidential information leakage by completely blocking connections to external communication networks and ensuring safety in the process of sending and receiving data.
Meanwhile, the source said, “The Military Security Bureau strictly restricted the right to view confidential documents and instructed them to check for security loopholes in the process of writing, storing, and delivering them,” and added, “Accordingly, the 3rd Corps Security Department strengthened the safety of the internal intranet network, expanded training, and infiltrated. “We are completely reorganizing our confidential management system, including introducing a cutting-edge surveillance system using detection technology,” he said.
Here, the advanced surveillance system is known to be a system that can detect and block abnormal external access, such as hacking attempts, in real time.
Currently, in the 3rd Corps, the MSS’s independent track installation and confidentiality management system inspection are in progress, and in this situation, some executives are showing great tension, saying, “Even minor mistakes can be severely punished,” the source said.
Source: www.dailynk.com
