This update describes a cybersecurity monitoring infrastructure and crisis response system, which falls outside the scope of the FS Products & Services taxonomy that focuses on specific financial products and services offered to consumers or institutions.
While the system may tangentially support retail banking operations through threat monitoring, the update is fundamentally about regulatory infrastructure and cybersecurity governance rather than retail banking products or services.
Specialism
The FIRST system is designed to monitor cyber threats to financial infrastructure, collect security incident information, and enable rapid response to disruptions affecting payment services, which aligns with cybersecurity regulation.
The system represents an ongoing supervisory monitoring framework that the FSS will use to oversee financial institutions' cyber resilience and response capabilities, fitting the supervision category.
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TITLE: South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service Launches Integrated Cybersecurity Monitoring System
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On February 27, 2026, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea commenced full operations of its integrated financial cybersecurity monitoring system, known as FIRST (Financial-IT Incident Response Surveillance control-Tower). The system was developed to enable rapid and efficient responses to cyber threats that could disrupt consumers' access to financial services.
The FIRST system functions as a centralised control tower for financial computing crisis response and surveillance. It systematically manages security threat information collected on a continuous basis through a database, enabling the FSS to transmit critical information to financial institutions alongside necessary action items through a real-time, bidirectional communication channel. Financial institutions provide feedback on remedial measures taken, and the system incorporates emergency contact functionality for use during crisis situations.
The integrated system manages the entire process from cyber threat information collection through information sharing, assessment of impact on financial institutions, and monitoring of response measures. This systematic approach is expected to strengthen the FSS's capacity to respond to security threats. The FSS will support smooth operation of the system through a briefing session held on February 27, 2026, and intends to advance its transition toward a preventive supervisory framework by enhancing security threat monitoring and timely response capabilities through the platform.
The FSS Digital Finance Bureau and Information Strategy Bureau oversee the system's implementation, with further details available in accompanying documentation.