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Indonesia prone to cyberattacks: Expert
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Computers around the globe were hacked beginning on Friday exploiting a security flaw in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, an older version that is no longer given mainstream tech support by the US software giant. (Shutterstock/File)
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ndonesia Cyber Security Forum (ICSF) chairman and cofounder Ardi Sutedja has warned that Indonesia is vulnerable to cyberattacks, since the country still faces a lack of cybersecurity experts.
“The government has prioritized banking, transportation and energy as the three most vital objects that need to be protected against cyberattacks. However, there are many other areas that need to be protected, and we don’t have enough resources to do that,” Ardi told The Jakarta Post.
He was speaking in response to the WannaCry ransomware attack that spread to 150 countries over the weekend.
Ardi said in the era of digital transformation, people, companies, state and private institutions were connected to serve the public through the internet; hence, cybersecurity experts were urgently needed.
“As we get more sophisticated in our digital transformation, the risk of attack is high; therefore, demand for cybersecurity experts will continue to increase,” Ardi said.
He said Indonesia needed at least 10,000 new engineers who understood about cyber and information security every year. (hol/ebf)
