Despite much discussions on cyber-terrorism in South Korea, several missing issues could
be addressed. This paper attempts to deal with such missing but important issues. In South
Korea, there has been little attentions on cyber-terrorism with the respects of national
security strategy development under macro framework responding to future security
environment. This article focuses on such issues. In other words, the purpose of this paper
evaluates the meaning of national security threats raised from cyber-terrorism as a mode of
security threats and proposes the matter of cyber-terrorism within the development of
national security strategy in the future security environment.
several issues in this discussion pass some important messages for the construction of
national security strategic approach framework within the future security environment adding
cyber-space. in the future environment, a new space called cyber is added as an important
external condition which might determine the security of individuals, societies, and nations.
Therefore, the fundamental strategic framework should be prepared. After that, the trend
and direction of future technological advancement should be understood and the identity,
nature, and types of threat should be analyzed. Also, after that, various responses and
countermeasures are together constituted in the aspect of function and system regarding
various anticipated threats of the future human society including cyber-terrorism.