JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir received a visit from representatives of global technology companies in the payment industry, Mastercard, Global Vice Chairman and President for Strategic Growth Jon Huntsman Jr.
The second meeting was revealed by Erick Thohir on his official Instagram social media @erickthohir. The two met at the Ministry of SOEs office on Thursday, November 28.
"Today I met with the representative of Mastercard, Jon Huntsman Jr., Global Vice Chairman and President for Strategic Growth," wrote Erick, quoted Friday, November 29.
Erick said his meeting with Mastercard officials was to discuss cooperation between SOEs and Mastercard regarding strengthening cyber security or cybersecurity.
"We discussed the cooperation between SOEs and Mastercard regarding the strengthening of cyber security," wrote Erick again.
Erick himself does focus on cybersecurity, especially on internal state-owned companies.
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According to him, currently world change is quite extreme, where digitalization plays a big role, in good or bad terms.
In mid-September, Erick said there were 2 billion cyber attacks within 25 hours that occurred at the PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk data center.
"Earlier, Bank Mandiri presented to me within 25 hours, there were 2 billion attacks (cyber)," he said after the inauguration of the Mandiri Digital Tower in Jakarta, Wednesday, September 18.
Therefore, Erick assessed, cyber security must be the main shield if Bank Mandiri wants to move forward.
"This cyber security really has to be the main shield if Bang Mandiri wants to advance," he said.
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