After the death

The World disappears after you are dead. The World is there but goes away absoultely and entirely. It exists but does not. Why are you living like you can survive enternally in some time of your life? Is it our - humankinds' - nature? Oh, it is further absolutely the instinct as a animal or creature. Every living organism wants to live as the word means for. Still, there are exceptions who choose the cease - suicide. But this is not driven by normal circumstances. In the usual and favorable outside environment and inside conditions of the creature, it will not take the death as its choice. So, enjoy your life while you can live. The moment will come sooner or later.

Lifts in the Seoul Grand Park are safe?

I wonder why there has been no accidents on the lifts of the Seoul grand park. The lifts are very high and the safe net is too far from the lifts. Chidren, even very young kid, takes the lifts and the holes - there is just a iron bar - to fall to the ground is likely in the eye of naturally worrying character.

Protests on the roads in the middle of Sunday night in the center of Seoul

It is just minutes before 11:00 PM on Sunday night at the center of Seoul. Hundreds of protesters including students ruled the nights' roads instead of cars on the Capital. They shouted, "Shame on the import procedure of the US beef, " which is their outcry on the recent and on-going protests over the US beef import including over 30 months cows' meat. The police were following the demonstrators even they were on the road not on the passengers' side road. Was that right? The government does not want to poke the feelings of the students in the fear of bringing up the other more violent and severe protests, which would make, in the police's mind, the situation worse? Is it right choice for the government who should be responsible for the law and order.

Where you can buy the security equipment in South Korea

Personal protection equipment, handcuffs, etc.
http://www.safen.co.kr/
Infrarared sensor, fingerprint identification device, etc.
http://safery.co.kr/type6/index/index.htm
Remote sensor, etc.
http://www.gilwoo.co.kr/total-product06-1.html
Security applications, etc.
http://www.hyundaihds.co.kr/product/solution_01_01.jsp
Debugging, etc.
http://www.wiretap.co.kr/

Avian Influenza in South Korea - Update May 14, 2008

Has a bird flu made a permanent home in South Korea?
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805140017.html

Precautions against VoicePhishing

1. Do not post your phone numbers and personal information of yours and your family on mini homepages or blogs.
2. Do not post emergency contact file on the sites of families gathering, allumni association and same-hobby friends.
3. Maintain the contact of friends or teachers of your family to be able to contact your family in an emergency.
4. Do not respond or reply to the request to provide account number, credit card number, residential ID number and etc. via phone. (Banking institues and public organizations never request such information by phone)
5. Do not respond to the guide of paying insurance return, tuition, etc. using CD/ATM.
6. Re-confirm if those who say themselvers are your allumni or families association and request to pay are the real ones.
7. Suspect the phone calls with no number of caller or with unseen international call numbers such as 01, 008, 030, 086 etc.
8. Check if the ARS phone call is called from the organization as guided in the call, by calling the organization.
9. Actively use the cell phone SMS service to immediately know that your money is transferred from your account or you pay with credit card and so on
10. Immediately report to relevant oraganizations if you made an money transfer to the voice phishers or told them your personal information.
- Request your bank to suspend payments
Report to the credit card company
Report to Financial Supervision Service. Dial 1332 http://minwon.fss.or.kr)
- Report to investigating authorities
National Police Agency, Dial 1379, http://www.police.go.kr
Office of Procecutors, Dial 1301, http://www.spo.go.kr
- Report to Reporting Center for Personal Information Infringement, Korea Information Security Agency, Dial 1336, http://www.1336.or.kr/privacy.html

Above from: http://www.1336.or.kr/privacy.html

Where you can be assisted in your emergency in Korea

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AK/AK_EN_1_5_11.jsp

The telephone numbers you should know when staying in Korea

Following link gets you to know what the numbers you need staying in Korea. You may not be able to communicate in English when connecting to the numbers. Then, the best option might be to use Korea Travel Phone 1330 which provides English interpretation service for free. http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AK/AK_EN_1_5_9.jsp

Mad cow desease demonstration in Seoul

Thousands of citizens and school students have staged demonstrations against the recently agreeded US beef import between the US and Korea. The protests are not violent at all. They are using candles in cups at ChungGye square: The way of demonstrating is more likely a festival not a serious style that is going to blast any time.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805090017.html

Map of Korea

Where do you want to go in South Korea? There is no specific spot that you must be very cautious for your safety when travelling in Korea.
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1.jsp

Avian Influenza in Seoul - Update May 7, 2008

Avian Influenza is spreading nation-wide, including Seoul. Several schools declared a short temporary vacation in a fear of a possible infection to human. However, there has been no confirmed cases of infection to human for Korea, according to WHO. I think this is not the time for the foreigners to worry about the AI.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805070018.html

Crimes in Ulsan

68% of violent crime took place in Nam(South)-Ku and Chung(Central)-Ku, according to the Korean National Police Agency's statistice for January to July 2004. Among the 139 cases of violent crimes in Ulsan city, 66 cases in Nam-Ku, 28 in Chung-Ku, 19 in Dong-Ku and so on. The crimes per hundred thousand persons also are in accordance with the numbers: 18.95 cases for Nam-Ku, 19 cases for Chung-Ku, 10.11 for Dong-Ku.
So, please be aware and watch not to make you victim.

Crimes in Pusan

Pusan is the second to Seoul for the three violent crimes of homocide, robbery and rape for January to July 2004, among the six metropolitan cities in South Korea. However, the ratio per hundred thousand persons is the second smallest following Daegu. The ratio is the highest in Chung-ku, which is 25.77 cases. The violent crime occur once per ten days in the area of SeoMyun rotary or cross road.

Crime map of Seoul

The Seoul, capital of South Korea. Korea is relatively safe from crimes compared to other countries. The main reason of being that safe is strict control of no guns. Thicker red indicates more crimes in the area. The blue going through the city is Han river.

Cusotomer information breached - Hanaro Telecom

Imagine you join a private company as security officer or compliance officer and the company use the customers data inappropriately, eg., like what Hanaro Telecom did. What can you do? You probably would sit down and remain calm because you would think you cannot do anything to obey the management. That is the way you can live?

You can find the customer information breach case at:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/04/123_23018.html
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804240017.html

Security vs. Resilience vs. Risk Management

Security < Risk management < Business Resilience
Which means, Chief Security Officer is lower rank in corporate, and Chief Risk Officer or Chief Resilience Officer is higher position.

Avian Influenza hits Seoul

Still, there has been no confirmed human infection cases. What would this spreading flu impact the business? The corporates should consider to split their business or work home?
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/05/117_23751.html

Security Certificate

CISSP
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Managed by International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)²

CISA
Certified Information Systems Auditor
An audit professional certification sponsored by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

CPP
Certified Protection Professional
Offered by ASIS International, an international organization for security professionals.

CFE
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) provides the certificate and anti-fraud education.

What is business risk?

Business Risk refers to a potential negative impact to the corporates that may arise from a future event. Or, probability of occurrence X Amount of loss

What is business resilience?

Corporates have the capacity to manage the risks and bounce back to operate.