National Information Society Agency

National Information Society Agency
NIST Sector	Cybersecurity and Privacy Data
GICS Industrial	Software & Services
Smart Tag(s)
Business type	Federal Government
Year Founded	1984
Founder(s)
City, State	Dong-gu, Daegu
Country	South Korea
Region Served	Country
Executives	Yong-sik Moon
Revenue	$235.9 million€ 207.592 <br />£ 174.566 <br />CA$ 299.593 <br />CNY 1,493.247 <br />KRW 289.084 <br />
Number of employees	1,789
Sponsorship Level	Of Interest

Members

In a world of newly emerging knowledge and information paradigms, NIA continues to be the definitive expert agency charged with a central role in the information of the nation society.

Activities

		GO-PS Gyeonggi Open Platform for SmartCity
		GO⋅PS is a smart city standard platform to utilize the element technology of the age of 4th Industrial Revolution as a means to solve urban problems. The Gyeonggi Province of Korea, along with Gyeonggi Research Institute (GRI) and Gyeonggido Business and Science Accelerator (GBSA), is currently creating and operating an industry-academia-related consultative body to create a sustainable business model. GO⋅PS matches companies, research institutes, and academics according to the demand of public urban matters, and uses its technologies, research works, and consulting methods to create solutions for problems and have them collected on the platform. The GO・PS is currently comprised of three large departments namely, Smart Transport, Smart Energy, and Smart Healthcare. (It is planned to be expanded with more departments in the future)
		Gyeonggi Provincial virtual power plant in Gyeonggi Open Platform for Smart city
		This is a project concept which is to create citizen-led, decentralized, local energy-based society that builds foundations on which the distributed resources (ESS, solar power) in the region that can proliferate profitable models which citizens invest, own, trade and operate. This is to create an urban energy storage based on the optimal ESS (energy storage) introduction feasibility analysis in accordance with Energy usage analysis (big data). This project intends to revitalize the energy production distribution resources through citizen-led photovoltaic power generation by developing photovoltaic energy on rooftop of the buildings along with development of photovoltaic energy in rural areas. It intends to create power trading ecosystem that utilize distributed resources such as energy management efficiency by utilizing energy use analysis and citizen-led photovoltaic prosumer.
		Smart Car Talk
		Key Deliverables Implementation of verification environment for Vehicle-ICT infrastructure connected services, "Smart Car Talk” Create new Business models and services

Details

Since its establishment in 1987, NIA sowed the first seeds in an information barren land starting with the construction of the National Basic Systems(NBIS) and has for the past 18 years, continued in its efforts to solidify the foundation upon which Korea could transform itself into a nation strong in knowledge and information it has become today. As the agency responsible for the overall implementation and support of the information of the national and society, NIA building upon the knowledge and expertise accumulated over the years, will continue to spare no efforts in bringing new opportunities and possibilities offered by information technology to the nation and society by providing optimal methodologies and solutions to national agencies, local autonomies and public enterprises.

Mission

NIA is a statutory agency founded by Article 10 of the Framework Act on Informatization Promotion for the purpose of promoting informatization and to support development of related policies for national agencies and local autonomies. As the core agency of national informatization entrusted by government and the people with providing policies and technical expertise NIA is leading the way in the construction of u-Korea towards a first-class nation in information and communication.

• Providing expertise in developing and implementing the National Framework Plan on informatization Promotion
• Managing & operating information networks of public organizations
• Supporting Information communication standardization and developing
• maintaining information systems for inter-agency information sharing
• Supporting information resource management in the public sector
• Supporting supervision, standardization and evaluation of public informatization business
• Providing IT consulting services to developing nations