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Govt to finalize regulation on national cyber agency in July
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Cyber-attacks in Indonesia have grown at alarming rate in recent years, rising 33 percent in 2015. (The Jakarta Post/Wienda Parwitasari)
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he government has decided to speed up the process of establishing its National Cyber Agency. To boost Indonesia's cyber security, regulations are now scheduled to be in place by July, a minister said on Friday.
The government continues to deliberate institutional details to be included in the regulation, including the cyber agency's position in regard to other government agencies, Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara said.
The regulation is expected to be complete by July 11 in the form of a presidential decree or government regulation managed by Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry.
"The agency is to have broad cyber issue-related sectors to handle," he added.
The government has set several priority sectors; financial and banking, air transportation, as well as energy and mineral resources, Rudiantara said, adding that his office had deliberated on standardization that would protect business.
While details remain unclear as to whether the agency is to be established under an existing agency or would be developed independently, it is clear that the agency is expected to coordinate defense against cyber-attacks and crime, as well as to protect State information and data.
Cyber-attacks in Indonesia have grown at alarming rate in recent years, rising 33 percent in 2015, according to data provided by the Coordinating Ministry of Political, Legal and Security Affairs. The data suggests that 54.5 percent of the attacks were aimed at e-commerce-related websites. (rin)
