Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Indonesia needs some 10 thousand cybersecurity
experts to deal with international cybersecurity threats that tend to
increase.
"It could not be postponed; we are heading there. Cybersecurity is
the third priority in the state`s defense efforts after radicalism in
addition to terrorism and drugs," Major General Hartind Asrin, head of
the education and training department of the Defense Ministry, noted in a
press statement, here, Wednesday.
Indonesia should optimize its existing human resources to recruit 10
thousand cybersecurity experts, Asrin stated while attending "Cyber
Jawara (Champion)" national hacker competition being held in Kuta, Bali,
on Sept 26-29, 2017.
"This Cyber Jawara national hacker competition is one such platform
to find potential talent in Indonesia`s younger generation. We, in the
Defense Ministry, also focus on preparing an alert team to fight cyber
threats," he noted.
The world needs at least one million cybersecurity experts to fight
cybercrimes and threats in the cyber world, according to Dr Rudi
Lumanto, chairman of the Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on
Internet Infrastructure or the Monitoring Team on Cyber Attack Threats.
Currently, Indonesia has only some hundreds to a thousand internationally certified cybersecurity experts, he said.
"We need to educate more and improve the capabilities of our human resources," he noted.
The competition is being held to coincide with an international seminar and workshops themed "CodeBali 2017."
Prof Andrew Martin from Oxford University is the key speaker at the seminar`s opening ceremony held on Wednesday.
Prof Martin`s recent research has focused on the technologies of
Trusted Computing and exploring ways in which they can be applied in
large-scale distributed systems, particularly cloud computing, mobile
devices, and Internet of Things (IoT).
The workshop covers digital forensics, malware analysis, creating
and managing a computer security incident response team, and IoT
penetration testing, among other things.
The winner of the competition will participate in a regional
competition at the level of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) in Bangkok, Thailand.
"The winning ASEAN-level team will be sent to Tokyo for an
Asian-level competition and then to a world competition in Las Vegas,
the US," Lumanto added.
This year, 20 teams, which had entered the final after clearing a
nationwide online test, are participating in the national competition. (WDY)
Indonesia Needs 10 Thousand Cybersecurity Experts
Rabu, 27 September 2017 12:42 WIB