"It (digital security literacy) is, indeed, one that we have to boost in 2023," the ministry's Director for the Empowerment of Informatics, Bonifasius Pudjianto, sait at the launch of the 2022 Digital Literacy Index here on Wednesday.
He noted that on referring to the 2022 national digital literacy index, digital security becomes the pillar of digital literacy, with the lowest score at 3.12. This becomes a difficult task on account of the fact that the modes of cybercrime are becoming more varied, he pointed out.
According to Pudjianto, adequate digital literacy is deemed necessary, so that people can have sound knowledge of digital security.
Pudjianto further said that apart from digital security, the community's understanding of digital ethics and digital culture should also be improved.
He noted that currently several indicators still showed a lack of digital ethics and culture in society.
He assessed that digital literacy, especially in the pillars of digital ethics and digital culture, needs to be improved continuously in order to maintain conduciveness and unity in diversity.
"We are the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia that has incredible diversity. We must maintain our unity, especially toward 2024 (the political year)," he remarked.
Based on the 2022 Digital Literacy Index survey initiated by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics and Katadata Insight Center (KIC), Indonesia's national digital literacy index score increased by 0.05 points to 3.54 in 2022, from 3.49 in 2021.
The 2022 national digital literacy index measurement refers to the four pillars of digital literacy: digital skills, digital ethics, digital security, and digital culture.
In the survey, it was noted that three pillars with scores increased from 2021, were digital skills, with a score of 3.52, an increase of 0.08 points; digital ethics, with a 3.68 score, a rise of 0.15 points; and digital security, with a score of 3.12, an increase of 0.02 points.
Meanwhile, the score of the digital culture pillar declined by 0.06 points to 3.84.
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Translator: Fathur Rochman, Raka Adji
Editor: Tia Mutiasari
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