Conceptualization of defense industrial security in relation to protecting defense technologies

Abstract

In order to protect the advancement of defense technology that has a tremendous effect on both the national security and the economy, the Republic of Korea established the Defense Technology Security Act in 2015. As the new enactment brought changes to the landscape of the defense industry and defense industrial security, a new examination of the concept of the defense industrial security now became necessary. Even after taking in a consideration of the undisclosed nature of defense industrial security research, and the fact that only the limited number of firms participates in the subject matter, scientific researches related to the topic have not been active. However, with the new enactment of the Defense Technology Security Act, it is necessary to expand the scope of security and to redefine the concept of defense industrial security. In this paper, we analyzed the research works on related technology protection policies and our environment of the defense industry in order to conceptualize defense industrial security. It is expected that the established concepts could provide a systematic way to protect the confidential and defense technology.