Addressing Technological Disruption in Indonesia's Defense and Cybersecurity Industry
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Disruption is occurring in various sectors, including national defense and security. In response, on Thursday (February 18, 2021), the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), through STEI ITB and the Indonesian Defense University, held a webinar entitled "Technological Disruption in the Defense Industry and the Development of Indonesian Cyber Defense."
The webinar consisted of two sessions. The first session was themed "Smart Defense Industry for National Security and Resilience." The first session began with an overview of disruption in various sectors of life, such as agriculture, industry, food, and resilience.
Technological disruption has also expanded the combat dimension for the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Dr. Tuntun Juhana, ST, MT, Dean of STEI ITB, stated that one way to address disruption caused by big data, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality is through transformation with intelligent solutions such as smart system models.
The first keynote speaker was Deputy Minister of Defense Lieutenant General TNI M. Herindra who discussed the potential military threats caused by 4.0 technology in national stability and Indonesian sovereignty based on the Law and the defense industry as an effort to increase the country's defense capabilities.
The second keynote speaker was Vice Admiral Dr. Amarulla Octavian, ST, M.Sc., DESD., CIQnR., CIQaR., IPU, Rector of the Republic of Indonesia Defense University. He discussed smart universities, smart tri dharma, and smart life as ways to adapt to the era of technological disruption.
The third keynote speaker was the Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Strategic Intelligence Agency, Major General Gina Yoginda, M.Si. (Han). She discussed the challenges of the massive development of digital technology, which requires the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to take important steps for cyber defense at all sectors and suggested that officials be able to firmly punish violators of the ITE Law to safeguard the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) and Pancasila. She revealed that the trend of cyber threats in 2020 saw 495 million attacks with threats to software, hardware, and brainware in the form of malware, information tapping, and hatespeech.
The final keynote speaker was Slamet Uliandi, SIK, Director of Cyber Crime Investigation at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskim Polri), who discussed the National Police's strategy in addressing cybersecurity developments in Indonesia through the virtual police alert program, Siber TV, paritolisber.id, and social media outreach.
The webinar continued with three speakers. The first speaker, the Director of the ITB Smart City and Community Innovation Center, discussed Presidential Regulation No. 8 of 2021 concerning the expansion of the dimensions of combat and increasingly sophisticated military weapons technology. The second speaker, the Director of Technology and Development of PT Pindad (Persero), Ade Bagdja, conveyed PT Pindad's role in digital transformation, synergy for national resilience, and cybersecurity. The third speaker, the President Director of PT Len Industri (Persero), Bobby Rasyidin, discussed the organization's role in achieving an advanced, strong, independent, competitive, and leading defense industry.
The outcome of the first webinar session was an explanation of technological disruption affecting the national defense and security sectors, potentially undermining national sovereignty. This disruption can have positive impacts, such as making agricultural and industrial processes more efficient, or negative ones, such as wiretapping. hatespeech, and malware.
Furthermore, as the dimensions of combat in the field of national defense and security expand, Indonesia must be self-sufficient in technological development. C5ISR is a product being developed by PT Len Industri (Persero), the parent company implementing the State-Owned Enterprise Defense Industry Cluster, to keep pace with developments in defense technology.
Reporter: Alvina Putri Nabilah (Biologi, 2019)