Don't Worry Jambi Residents! Jamin City Government Smart City Apps Are Free From Hacking

Deputy Mayor of Jambi Maulana. ANTARA/Tuyani

JAMBI - The Jambi City Government guarantees that smart city-based application security is free from hacking. Deputy Mayor of Jambi Maulana said, there are several indicators that are of concern to verifiers and the assessment team of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics. Overall, the assessment team is satisfied with the fulfillment of the smart city indicator. However, he continued, there are several things that concern the Jambi City Government, including application security and requests to complete several documents. In order to improve the security of these smart city applications, his party guarantees this with fiber optic intranet. "There is fiber optic so that intranet does not join other internet networks but is internal," he explained in Jambi, Antara, Tuesday, October 4. Regarding data security which is a central issue, he said, in the future, existing local city government applications will be combined into one Sikoja application, reducing hacking gaps. Regarding the flagship program for the implementation of the smart city of Jambi City in 2022, he mentioned the Jambi City Smart Governance and Public Service Mall (MMP) program. In addition, the Smart Branding program, which is the tourist area of Lake Sipin and Tugu Keris; Smart Economy, namely the innovation program for Pakar Kasih; Smart Living, namely the Bantar Village Innovation program; Smart Society, namely the community library; and Smart Environment, utilization of methane gas at the Talang Gulo Final Processing Site (TPA). Jambi City Government Regulation in an effort to realize Jambi Smart City, he said, refers to Jambi City Regulation Number 1 of 2019 concerning the Implementation of Smart City. "Various Smart City programs in Jambi City, namely the development of regulations, infrastructure development, application development, development of ICT human resources, and development of inter-institutional cooperation," he said. Since 2018, said Maulana, the roadmap for the development of Jambi Smart City has continued to increase and increase this year. "The MPP and Lake Sipin are one of the quick win smart cities in 2022," he said. Meanwhile, the Head of the Communications and Information Office of Jambi City, Abu Bakar, said that smart cities or smart cities do not only talk about technology. The Smart City program is a concept of developing an area by making many innovations with various existing limitations. "A smart city is how to make innovations over regional limitations. It can carry out development and services to the community," he said. In its implementation, he said, smart cities were created not only from Kominfo, but also from smart city innovations from other OPDs.