In 2022, the scale of public sector software, information and communications technology equipment, and information security business exceeded 6 trillion won, increasing by 6% compared to the previous year.

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lim Hye-sook) held the '2022 Public Sector Software (SW), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Equipment, and Information Security Demand Forecast (Final) Online Briefing' on the 29th.

The online briefing session can be accessed via Naver TV, Kakao TV, and YouTube, and the results announced this time are available through the Software Industry Information System (www.swit.or.kr), the Information and Communications Technology Equipment Public Demand Information System (kcnb.iitp.kr), and the Information Security Industry Promotion Portal (www.ksecurity.or.kr).

According to the survey results, the total confirmed project amount for software and information and communication technology equipment in the public sector in 2022 was 6.0592 trillion won, an increase of 312.2 billion won (5.4%) compared to the confirmed amount of the previous year.

Specifically, △software implementation 4.5998 trillion won (an increase of 288.7 billion won, or 6.7%, from the previous year) △commercial software purchase 354.1 billion won (a decrease of 11.1 billion won, or 3.0%, from the previous year) △Information and communication technology equipment was tallied at 1.1053 trillion won (an increase of 34.6 billion won, or 3.2%, compared to the previous year).

Of this, the total project amount including information security-related content was 1.6452 trillion won (an increase of 335.7 billion won, or 25.6%, compared to the previous year), and the budget for investment and purchasing related to information security within the project was found to be 741.1 billion won.

The total project cost for software implementation was 4,599.8 billion won, and in detail, it was found to be 2,408.5 billion won for operation and maintenance projects (52.4% of the total project cost) and 1,622.6 billion won for software development projects (35.3% of the total project cost).

In addition, a survey of software development projects this year that were granted exceptions to the restriction on large corporations' participation revealed that there were 22 cases (0.28%) each of projects that had already been approved and those that responded that they were reviewing applications for exceptions.

Total purchases of commercial software amounted to 643 billion won, a 28.9% increase from the previous year (498.8 billion won).

The exclusive purchase of commercial software amounted to 354.1 billion won, and in detail, it was found to include 155 billion won for office software (43.8% of the total project amount) and 86.1 billion won for security software (24.3% of the total project amount).

The amount of commercial software purchased within the software implementation project was 288.9 billion won.

The purchase of information and communication technology equipment amounts to 1.1053 trillion won, and in detail, it was found to be 809.4 billion won for computing equipment (73.2% of the total project amount), 236.3 billion won for network equipment (21.4% of the total project amount), and 59.6 billion won for broadcasting equipment (5.4% of the total project amount).

It was found that the total budget for public sector software and information and communication technology equipment projects that include information security-related content was 1.6452 trillion won, and the total budget for purchasing products and services directly related to information security within those projects was 741.1 billion won (an increase of 6.8% compared to the previous year).>
By sector, the figures were as follows: information security services 479.2 billion won (64.7% of the total project amount), information security products 192 billion won (25.9% of the total project amount), physical security products 48.8 billion won (6.6% of the total project amount), and physical security services 21.1 billion won (2.8% of the total project amount).

Heo Won-seok, Director General of Software Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, “As a result of the continuous growth of public software, ICT equipment, and information security projects, the scale has surpassed 6 trillion won for the first time. In particular, it is encouraging that the proportion of software purchases in public software projects has increased,” adding, “The government will continue to strive to serve as a bridgehead for the growth of innovative private companies by actively utilizing the capabilities of the private sector.”