The National Security Council and the Ministry of National Defense will
assign representatives to serve as board members of the Ministry of Digital
Affairs' recently inaugurated cybersecurity organization.

By law, the new institute will have seven to 11 board members, with several
from government agencies, including the N-S-C and the M-N-D.

Other board members will be cybersecurity scholars and professionals as well
as those who have made important contributions to cybersecurity.

The cybersecurity organization is set to become operational early next year.

The institute will hire about 180 employees from the Cabinet's Cybersecurity
Center of Excellence, and the National Center for Cyber Security Technology
as well as from the private sector in its initial stage.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs says the institute of has been given a broad
mandate to oversee the development of digital infrastructure and
cybersecurity.