The Head of the Public Relations Bureau of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan), Brigadier General Frega Wenas Inkiriwang, ensured that the cyber defense task currently owned by the TNI was based on the new TNI Law, not to spy on civilians.
He said the Ministry of Defense understands that in the democratic era, there will be different opinions. So that criticism for defense agencies or the government is a form of expression of reasonable opinion.
"What is meant by cyber defense is more information and disinformation operations that threaten the sovereignty of the country and the safety of the nation," Frega said at the Ministry of Defense Office, Jakarta, Thursday.
For this reason, he said that the public does not need to worry about the new TNI Law which will hinder freedom of expression and express opinions. Because cyber defense tasks will focus on a larger context.
Currently, he explains that the operations carried out by various external parties are to create negative perceptions, misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation.
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In addition, he gave an example that other countries have adopted a cyber defense system, by forming a cyber corps or cyber command. In fact, he said, the Singaporean military already has its own cyber force.
He gave an example that cyber attacks that could threaten the sovereignty and safety of the country, for example, there have been a number of attacks on state-owned data facilities, which could disrupt the energy sector and the transportation sector. According to him, examples of threats have a broad and strategic impact nationally.
"And this of course requires a wider contribution, so of course later the Ministry of Defense and the TNI will synergize and collaborate with existing stakeholders, such as BSSN, Komdigi, Polri," he said.
As is known, the new TNI Law adds categories regarding military operations other than war (OMSP), from 14 categories to 16 categories. The two categories that were added were helping overcome cyber threats and helping save Indonesian citizens abroad.
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