Gov't expands AI-powered cybersecurity to cover private cloud services in education

The Ministry of Education and the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) said Wednesday they will upgrade their artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cybersecurity monitoring systems and extend coverage to private cloud services used by educational institutions for AI-based teaching and learning. The Ministry of Education operates the Education Cyber Security Center, designating KERIS as its dedicated agency for 24/7 security monitoring and incident response across 435 educational institutions, including universities, public agencies and regional education offices. The ministry said the AI-based automatic detection system — developed in-house and registered as Korea's first patent in AI-powered security monitoring — identified approximately 480 million cyberthreat indicators across those institutions in 2025. Of those, around 86,000 were confirmed as actual intrusions and addressed, a 36 percent increase from approximately 63,000 in 2024, before the system's latest round of enhancements. The ministry and KERIS also announced the formal opening of the AI Cyber Securi

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