Kominfo Youth Skill Upgrade Holds Free Cyber Security Training

Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) 2022 program training/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia (Kominfo RI) through the Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) 2022 program held cyber security and cybersecurity training for the younger generation. Industry 4.0 era, with triple helix synergy which is a synergy between the government, industry and academia," said Eyla A. Maranny, Head of the Sub-Pokja Fresh Graduate Academy (FGA) Digital Talent Scholarship 2022 Kominfo in a statement on Friday April 1. The DTS program will contribute to realizing the government's 200 thousand digital talent target for 2022. The training aims to improve skills and competitiveness, productivity, HR professionalism in the field of information and communication technology for Indonesia's young workforce, the general public, and state civil servants through intensive training and global certification in k cybersecurity." The free training will provide participants with international standard certification for free. The training is given for approximately two months and you get the opportunity for Comptia Linux+ global certification. We really appreciate the support provided by the Mastercard Academy in meeting Indonesia's digital human resource needs," said Eyla as quoted by Antara. be a participant.

Through the Cybersecurity Training program, it is hoped that it will be able to equip participants with competencies in the Cybersecurity field as well as the opportunity to take part in international certification in the Cybersecurity field. Participants will be trained intensively for six weeks on Linux+ and Security+ materials then will take part in certification and job channeling to expand their opportunities to get jobs in the IT/Cybersecurity field. On Thursday (24/3) the Cybersecurity Training Sub-Batch 1 2022 was opened for Digital Talent Scholarship participant category. The World Bank predicts that by 2030, Indonesia is estimated to need 9 million national digital talents to be able to compete globally. This is in line with the development of the digital era in Indonesia. In his report, McKinsey noted that the issue of Cyber Security is one of five key strategies that spearhead the growth and efficiency that Indonesia needs to survive in the digital era. But in reality, cybersecurity in Indonesia is still vulnerable to being hacked. The National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) in 2021 noted that at least 994,581,569 cyber attacks had occurred in Indonesia.