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About

Inseok Jeon​

For a security professional, the most important thing is the balance between technical and managerial security.

  • Experience building and operating security across industries including OT, finance, and gaming
  • Pursues a balance of theory (graduate school adjunct professor), technology (security monitoring and incident response), and management (security governance and certification)
  • Author of 8 papers on information security (5 in KCI-indexed journals)

Experience​

IBM Korea · IBM Security / Security Manager​

Aug 2018 – Present

  • Security lead PM for a global manufacturing client
  • SOC (Security Operation Center) operation and enhancement
  • OT security implementation, operation, and enhancement
  • Enterprise security incident response planning; incident response and recovery
  • Cloud and endpoint security operation; security assessments
  • Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
  • Development and quality management of a remote SOC monitoring service model
  • Establishment of cloud service security processes
  • ISMS · PIMS · ISO 27001 certification support

Konkuk University, Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications · Adjunct Professor​

Sep 2017 – Present

  • Teaching master's and doctoral courses
    • Cybersecurity Response Framework
    • Cloud Security
    • Network Security
    • Recent Internet Hacking Cases and Analysis Techniques

AhnLab · CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) / Senior Researcher​

Sep 2009 – Aug 2018 (9 years)

  • Intrusion detection and response (FW, IDS, IPS, WAF, DDoS)
  • Network configuration and incident handling; dedicated outage response as operations shift lead
  • VPN (L2L, IPSec, SSL) configuration and management
  • PM and QM for remote security monitoring of 25+ large sites in the public, finance, gaming, and internet sectors
  • Security monitoring framework consulting and incident response process design
  • Security monitoring business proposals (RFP analysis, proposal writing, presentations)
  • Team security officer: ISMS · PIMS · ISO 27001 certification support, internal network separation, asset management, vulnerability assessment, and internal audits

Dongin Safety Co., Ltd. · General Affairs Team / Assistant Manager​

Apr 2006 – Sep 2009 (3 years 6 months)

  • Personal information protection officer
    • Established the privacy policy
    • Designed and managed processes for collection, use, retention, provision, and disposal of personal information
    • Delivered privacy training to employees
  • Website development and maintenance
  • In-house HR program development (VB)
  • Audit support for the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service

Education​

  • Korea University, Graduate School of Information Security — Ph.D. coursework completed (Information Security)
  • Konkuk University, Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications — M.S. (Information Security)
    • Thesis: Personal Information Protection Level Measurement Model Using ISMS
  • B.S. (Multimedia)

Certifications​

CertificationIssuer
CISSPISC2
CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)ISACA
ISO 27001 Lead AuditorIRCA
AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerAWS

Publications​

  • How to Cope with Ransomware in the Healthcare Industry · Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, Vol.28 No.1 (2018)
  • Curriculum Development for Smart Factory Information Security Awareness Training · Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, Vol.26 No.5 (2016)
  • Using the SIEM Software Vulnerability Detection Model Proposed · Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, Vol.25 No.4 (2015)
  • Telemedicine Security Risk Evaluation Using Attack Tree · Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, Vol.25 No.4 (2015)
  • A Study on Supply Chain Risk Management of Automotive · Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, Vol.25 No.4 (2015)
  • Integrated Management of Development and Operations (DevOps) in a Non-Stop Environment Considering Security · Review of KIISC, Vol.25 No.1 (2015)

Activities​

PeriodActivity
Apr 2022 – Dec 2023Expert member (Metaverse), Seoul Metropolitan Government IT New Technology Governance Group
Mar 2019 – Dec 2019Mentor, Hanium mentoring program
Sep 2015 – Mar 2018SecureHUB security pro bono (web vulnerability assessment and web shell detection for public organizations)
Jan 2014 – Jun 2023Secretary of the Steering Committee, Smart Medical Security Forum (standards drafting, talks)

Talks · Seminars​

  • Speaker, Secure Korea 2017 Conference
  • Speaker, Smart Healthcare Information Security Conference 2018 · 2019
  • Online lectures: Personal Information Protection; Security Incident Cases and Security Monitoring Strategy

Contact​

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