신기술의 위협과 경찰활동의 방향

Abstract

New technologies are the driving force for economic growth and development and affect people's lifestyles and thinking. In particular, economic activities in cyberspace are expanding due to the combination of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) and the Internet of Things (IoT), and cyberspace is fused with real space to have various effects on real society. In addition, countries around the world recognize and develop new technologies such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and 6th generation mobile communication (6G) as a means of strengthening competitiveness in their economies, security, and defense fields, and the new technology itself is at the center of the struggle for supremacy between countries. In the future, cyberspace, where the use of new technologies accelerates and interdependence intensifies during social structural and economic activities, benefits humans and threats are visualized, and uncertainty in cyberspace will continue. Therefore, it is necessary for the police to pursue police activities to cope with new threats from the development of new technologies. This paper provides an overview of police activities to cope with social changes brought about by new technologies and new threats, and suggests the direction of police activities such as strengthening police forces using new technologies, expanding police activities in cyberspace, and promoting comprehensive new technology policies.