Finally Indonesia Officially Own Body Siber and Sandi Negara

Finally Indonesia Officially Owns State Cyber and Sandi - With the consideration that the cybersecurity field is one of the areas of government that need to be encouraged and strengthened as an effort to increase national economic growth and realize national security, the government considers the need to set up the body by arranging the State Institution of Sandi into Badan Siber And Sandi Negara, to ensure the implementation of government policies and programs in the field of cybersecurity.

On the basis of these considerations, the State Siber and Sandi Agency (BSSN) was formally established after the signing of Presidential Regulation No. 53 of 2017 by President Joko Widodo on May 19, 2017.

The Presidential Regulation states that the State Cyber ​​and Codes Body, hereinafter referred to as BSSN, is a non-ministerial government institution, under and responsible to the President through ministers coordinating, synchronizing and controlling the administration of the government in the fields of politics, law and security .

"BSSN is headed by the Chief," reads Article 1 paragraph (3) of the Presidential Regulation.

According to this Presidential Regulation, BSS has the duty to implement cyber security effectively and efficiently by utilizing, developing, and consolidating all elements related to cybersecurity.

In the contents of the Perpres stipulated on May 19, 2017 by Joko Widodo (Jokowi), BSSN has the duty to implement cyber security effectively and efficiently by utilizing, developing and consolidating all elements related to cybersecurity.

In its task, in accordance with article 3, BSSN performs functions, such as:

Preparation of technical policies in the areas of identification, detection, protection, handling, recovery, monitoring, evaluation, control of e-commerce protection, coding, screening, cyber diplomacy. Cyber ​​crisis management center, cybercontact contact center, information center, mitigation support, vulnerability recovery, cyber incidents and / or cyber attacks.

Implementation of technical policy in the field of identification, detection, protection, response, recovery, monitoring, evaluation, control protection ecommerce, encryption, filtering, diplomacy Siber, crisis management center Siber, contact centers Siber, centers of information, support mitigation, recovery countermeasures vulnerabilities, incidents And / or cyber attacks.

Monitoring and evaluation of the technical policy in the field of identification, detection, protection, response, recovery, monitoring, evaluation, control the protection of e-commerce, encryption, filtering, diplomacy Siber, center manqjemen crisis Siber, contact centers Siber, centers of information, support mitigation, recovery Prevention of vulnerabilities, incidents and / or cyber attacks.

Coordinate functional activities in the execution of BSSN tasks and as a container.

Coordination for all stakeholders.

Implementation of guidance and provision of administrative support to all organizational units within the BSSN.

Supervision over BSSN task implementation.

Implementation of support that is substantive to all elements of the organization within the BSSN.

Implementation of national, regional and international cooperation in cyber security affairs.

In practice, BSSN will be responsible to the President through the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs and headed by a head and assisted by the General Secretariat and four deputies namely Deputy for Identification and Detection, Deputy for Protection, Deputy for Countermeasures and Recovery, Deputy for Monitoring And Control.

Head of BSSN is appointed and dismissed on the recommendation of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security, in accordance with the provisions of legislation.

While the General Secretary and Deputy are appointed and dismissed by the President upon the proposal of the Head of BSSN in accordance with the provisions of the legislation.

While the State Code Institute and the Directorate of Information Security under the Directorate General of Applications and Informatics, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics will merge into BSSN.

Equipment, financing, archives and documents at the Information Security Directorate of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics and Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure (ID-SIRTII) and State Code Institutions are transferred to BSSN.

For the execution of duties in the field of coding is still done by the State Code Institution until the completion of BSSN organization arrangement. Similarly, the task of security in the Directorate of Information Security Ministry of Communications and Informatics.