Indonesia has started their strategic initiatives by discussing the Draft Bill of Cyber Security Act. However, the government and the parliament have yet to agree on several contents of the bill. On the other hand, the urgency of having a strategic and comprehensive cybersecurity approach has never been as important as today. We have seen several cyber attacks on the government’s official website, raising concern about how we trust the country’s cyber safety situation. National Cyber and Cryptography Board/Badan Siber dan Sandi Negara (BSSN) recorded over 370, 022, 283 cyber attacks in 2022, which increased from 266, 741, 784 in 2021. The strategic policies on procuring a safe cyber environment must be needed to tackle any severe impacts caused by these malicious cyber penetrations, but with the absence of cyber security law as our guidance, how should we mitigate any risk associated with the cyber realm?
Current Approach
The Government has enacted several regulations that address cyber security. For example, Law Number 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transaction accommodates cyber protection by imposing obligations to the electronic system providers….
