Use of Technology Increases, Data Leakage Becomes a Serious Threat

Data leakage (Between)

JAKARTA - Data leaks are still a serious threat that can harm individuals and companies in Indonesia. Thus, indicating the need for more effective and maximal preventive measures. One of them is the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law (UU PDP).

"The phenomenon of data leaks is becoming more frequent as the use of technology and the internet increases in various aspects of life. Complex challenges are emerging in managing data," said PT Equnix Business Solutions CEO Julyanto Sutandang, quoting Antara.

At the launch of the ESE 11DB/PostgresTM feature, he said that there were at least five causes of data leaks, namely internal fraud, low IT security awareness, illegal access, malware (viruses, trojans, ransomware), and violation of confidentiality agreements.

The PDP Law was passed on October 17 202. This is a form of the state's commitment to safeguarding the right to privacy and information security of every individual. However, the implementing regulations have not yet been published, so one of the main challenges currently facing Indonesia is finalizing derivatives of the law.

Even though it has been passed and should take effect immediately, the PDP Law still provides a transition period. Article 74 of the PDP Law states that companies or institutions have a transition period of two years from the promulgation of the PDP Law (2022-2024), meaning that the deadline for this transition period is only 4 months away. So companies or institutions need to ensure that all personal data processing is carried out in accordance with the procedures regulated in the PDP Law.

Citing data from the Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (APJII) in July 2023, there were several allegations of leaks of personal data from private entities, including data on 34 million Indonesians related to passports.

In the same year, there was an alleged leak of data on 337 million people stored at the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which was sold on the online forum BreachForums. These two issues add to the long list of data leak cases in Indonesia dating back many years.

Regarding the ESE 11DB/PostgresTM feature that Equnix launched in anticipation of the enactment of the Personal Data Protection Law (PDP), which in less than 4 months, the transition period for the PDP Law ends, so emergency data protection technology is absolutely necessary.

The ESE 11DB/PostgresTM feature provides powerful data security protection for institutions or corporations that handle sensitive data including personal and corporate data. The ESE 11DB/PostgresTM feature has five main functions, namely seamless data protection that does not require additional functions in the application, supported by Quantum-proof AES-256 encryption, world standard key management with HSM, fastest encrypted data search with patented indexing, and finally The most efficient encryption uses hardware acceleration.

Julyanto explained that security for In-transit data is achieved easily using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) with PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) authentication which is very commonly used. Meanwhile, 11DB/Postgres applies AES-256 encryption to secure At-rest data seamlessly without causing hassle for applications in its operations, and stores the keys with world-class key management security using HSM, TPM or Online HSM.