We are optimistic that the Defense Ministry and the Indonesian Military would soon establish a 'Computer Security Incident Response Team' (CSIRT)
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hinsa Siburian encouraged the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) to establish a digital security response team to boost digital security in the country.

"We are optimistic that the Defense Ministry and the Indonesian Military would soon establish a 'Computer Security Incident Response Team' (CSIRT)," Siburian noted in his remarks to officiate the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency's CSIRT system broadcast by the Bappenas RI YouTube Channel and observed from Jakarta on Friday.

The BSSN head noted that law enforcement institutions, such as the Indonesian Police and the Attorney General Office, had established their own CSIRT tasked with enforcing the cyberspace law and handling cybercrimes.

The National Counter-terrorism Agency (BNPT) and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) had also established the CSIRT to handle terrorism and drug abuse crimes in cyberspace, he added.

"Terrorists often use the cyberspace for recruitment or logistics purchase, and narcotics syndicates also often engaged in online drug transactions," Siburian pointed out.

He noted that several military forces had integrated digital security systems into their national defense and enhanced their digital technology for military purposes, such as determining missile launch and sabotaging opponent systems.

Updating the national digital security system is important to tackle digital attacks, such as data theft, data destruction, or data abuse, that are potentially threatening national stability, the BSSN head added.

Facing increasingly sophisticated digital attacks, Siburian suggested the TNI to establish its own CSIRT system and enhance the technological competence of human resources to make Indonesia stand at par with other countries with advanced digital defense systems.

"We must enhance our national defense by establishing the CSIRT system that will be active 24/7, as we could not forecast when our opponent would strike our digital system," he remarked.

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Translator: Putu Indah S, Nabil Ihsan
Editor: Sri Haryati
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