Jeongsang Jang
AdvisorIntroduction
Mr. Jeongsang Jang worked for Kyobo Life Insurance and the Financial Supervisory Service for 29 years, at which he developed and operated information systems, and inspected the IT sector of financial companies particularly for more than 13 years.
Mr. Jang has experienced various IT inspections, including IT assessment, information leakage, hacking, and IT failure incidents, across all of the IT sectors. Mr. Jang has extensive experience and expertise in the overall field of computer systems of financial companies, inspection and sanctions in the IT sector, information protection, and information security.
Areas of Expertise
Professional Career
- 2024-PresentShin & Kim LLC
- 2023-2024Chief Inspector, Insurance Inspection Team, IT Inspection Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2022-2023Chief Inspector, Nonbank Team, IT Inspection Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2021-2022Chief Inspector, Financial Investment Inspection Team, Digital Finance Inspection Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2019-2021Chief Investigator, Supervisory Information System Team, IT Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2016-2018Chief Inspector, Life Insurance Team, Life Insurance Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2014-2016Chief Inspector, Insurance Inspection Team, IT & Financial Information Protection Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2011-2014Chief Inspector, Examination Support Team, IT Supervision Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 1995-2011IT Development, Analysis·Design, Audit, Information System Department, Kyobo Life Insurance
Key Experience
- Advised K Association on improving its IT risk management and internal control framework (project management)
- Advised K Life Insurance on responding to the Financial Supervisory Service's regular IT inspection (project management)
- Advised K Electronic Financial Services on assessment and enhancement of personal credit information management practices
- Advised K Life Insurance on implementation review following an IT mock inspection (project management)
- Advised K Life Insurance on an IT mock inspection (project management)
- Advised K Securities on pre-assessment and legal advisory services for its AI business (project management)
- Advised K Securities on pre-assessment of IT systems and personal and credit information protection (project management)
- Advised K Electronic Financial Services on simulated audit consulting (project management)
- Advised N Non-life Insurance on IT audit and status assessment (project management)
- Advised H Securities on internal security audit based on analysis of recent cybersecurity incidents (project management)
- Advised H Non-Life Insurance on compliance with the Credit Information Act
- Advised N Non-Life Insurance on establishing a mid-to-long-term information security master plan (PM)
Experience at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- Conducted 20 regular (comprehensive) inspections and more than 60 sector-specific and ad hoc inspections of financial institutions
- Conducted 30 IT operational assessments and 8 IT incident investigations (included in the above figures)
Education
- 1989-1993Kwandong University Department of Electronic Computing Engineering (B.E.)
Qualifications
- 2022Information System Auditor
- 2006Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- 2005Project Management Professional (PMP)
- 2003Engineer Information Processing
Languages
Korean, English
Professional Activities
Lectures
- Lectures of IT inspection cases, Financial IT Inspection & Practices, Financial Security Institute (2024 – Present)
- Lectures of IT assessment, Audit Academy, Korea Banking Institute (2020 – Present)
- Lectures of IT inspection techniques and cases, Audit Academy, Korea Insurance Institute (2020 – 2023)
- Lectures of IT inspection cases, Inspection Academy, Financial Supervisory Service (2015 – 2024)
Remarks
- Advisor to the Task Force on the Revision of the Financial Supervisory Service's Commentary on Electronic Financial Supervision Regulations (2025)
Awards
- 2017Award from the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service