Coordinating Minister Airlangga Highlights The Importance Of Protecting Personal Data And Maintaining Cyber Resilience

JAKARTA - In the midst of the increasing use of digital technology that can trigger risks, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy (Coordinating Minister for the Economy) Airlangga Hartarto invites the public to support cyber resilience.

According to Airlangga, this is due to the increasingly massive use of digital technology which is claimed to have consequences from the aspect of public data security.

In addition, efforts to safeguard and protect public data are as important as the government's efforts to carry out digital transformation, especially in the economic sector by developing a digital economy.

"We all understand that digital transformation is the key in accelerating recovery and increasing the resilience of the national economy. Therefore, the resilience of the digital economy must be maintained with security and data protection factors," said Airlangga at the Big Data & AI Association (ABDI) Websummit, recently.

Airlangga said, Indonesia also has a number of regulations related to digital transformation, including Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions, Government Regulation Number 71 of 2019 concerning Electronic Transaction System Operators, and Government Regulation Number 80 of 2019 concerning Trading Through Electronic Systems.

"The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) are currently discussing the Personal Data Protection Bill as a legal instrument that aims to protect people's personal data from abusive practices," said Airlangga.

Along with the momentum of the G20 Indonesia Presidency this year, Airlangga explained that one of the G20 Working Groups, namely the Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG), has set three priority issues, namely Connectivity and Post COVID-19 Recovery, Digital Skill, and Digital Literacy, and Cross-Border Data. Flow (CBDF) and Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT).

"We hope that the DEWG G20 discussion, especially on the CBDF-DFFT issue, can provide useful results for cyber development and data protection in the country," said Airlangga.

Furthermore, Airlangga emphasized that apart from the government side, the role of the community in supporting efforts to strengthen cyber resilience and data protection is also very much needed in this regard.

He explained, there are several ways that can be done, such as ensuring guaranteed access to information and protecting each individual's personal data in the digital ecosystem, as well as strengthening coordination to ensure cyber security and data protection in priority sectors, such as Government, Health, Finance/Banking, Education, and Energy.

"The public can also provide input in the preparation of adaptive, agile, and forward-looking cybersecurity policies," Airlangga concluded.