Discussing Data Protection And Cyber Security At The World Economic Forum, Minister Of Communication And Information Johnny: One Of The Priority Issues

Minister of Communications and Informatics Johnny G. Plate. (Photo: Doc. Antara/Kominfo)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian delegation discussed technological developments and their relation to data protection and cyber security at the World Economic Forum which took place in Davos, Switzerland. The issue of data protection is also one of the priorities of the Digital Economy Working Group, a forum that is part of the G20 Indonesia Presidency.

"This data protection is very broad, not only personal data. There is geospatial data or strategic data, so data management is adequate," said Minister of Communications and Information Johnny G. Plate, in Switzerland, quoted from a press release quoted by Antara, Thursday 26 May.

According to Johnny, cyber security issues in Indonesia are very broad. Moreover, recently there have been issues of illegal financial technology, data leakage and hoaxes. "[So we need] cybersecurity, especially cybersecurity technology to keep our digital space clean," said Johnny.

Johnny said that data protection was included in the discussion of the issue of cross-border data flow. On this issue, at DEWG, governance and management are also discussed to tackle cyber crime.

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics, as the controller of the G20 Digital Economy Working Group, encourages discussion of three priority issues, namely connectivity and recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic; digital literacy and skills; and cross-border data flows.

In addition to governance and data management to address cybersecurity issues, Johnny said Indonesia must have adequate digital human resources (talents) so that it can handle the technology ecosystem more quickly.

"We need to adopt this technology and digital talent to ensure that our digital space is clean and can be useful for the development of the downstream sector of Indonesia's digitization," said Johnny.

Therefore, Kominfo will continue to increase collaboration with various partners of global technology companies. One of them with Cisco company, which Minister Johnny called has a sophisticated technology options.

"Cisco certainly has the technology and together we will formulate the most appropriate technology choice, don't let our digital space become dirty. We need to welcome this choice of technology and commitment from the business world in the context of collaboration, so that we can produce technology choices." the right one for Indonesia," said Johnny.

During the WEF Congress in Davos, Switzerland, the Minister of Communication and Information Johnny was accompanied by the Director General of Information and Public Communication Usman Kansong, and the President Director of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) Anang Latif.