「ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON PROMOTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
UTILIZATION AND INFORMATION PROTECTION」
(i) Other matters specified and publicly notified by the Korea Communications
Commission for identification services;
2. Technological capability: An identification service agency shall have at least eight
persons who meet any of the following requirements:
(a) Each person shall hold a national technical qualification as an information and
communications engineer, information processing engineer, or an engineer specializing
in application of electronic computer systems or a qualification recognized by the
Korea Communications Commission as equivalent to such qualification;
(b) Each person shall have work experience of at least two years in a field specified and
publicly notified by the Korea Communications Commission as related to the
protection of information or the operation and management of information and
communication systems;
3. Financial capability: An identification service agency’s equity capital shall be at least
eight billion won (excluding state agencies and local governments);
4. Appropriateness of the scale of facilities: An identification service agency shall possess
the following facilities in a scale necessary for the proper provision of identification
services:
(a) Facilities for the verification, management, and protection of users’ personal
information (referring to personal information defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of
the Personal Information Protection Act; hereafter in Article 9-6 the same shall apply);
(b) Facilities for the generation, issuance, and management of alternative means;
(c) Security facilities for controlling and restricting access;
(d) Facilities for the protection of systems and networks;
(e) Facilities for the prevention of fire, flood, power failure, and other disasters.
(2) Matters necessary for guidelines and methods for the evaluation of criteria for each
standard subject to the review under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed and publicly
notified by the Korea Communications Commission.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Aug. 29, 2011]
Article 9-4 (Procedures for Designation of Identification Service Agencies) (1) A person who
intends to be designated as an identification service agency under Article 23-3 (1) of the
Act shall file an application for the designation of an identification service agency
(including in electronic form) with the Korea Communications Commission, along with the
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