Welcome Address by Director General of Informatic Application Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in The Indonesia Information Security Forum

1. Welcome Addressby
Director General of Informatic Application
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
Excellencies,
Distinguished colleagues,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Assalammualaikim, Warrohmatullahi Wabarokatuh,
Good Morning and peace beupon us all,
I would like to say how delighted Ito be here today. Let me begin with a very warm
reception for participants, especially international speaker. We greatly appreciate the
long journey you made to attend this event. Welcome to Indonesia and I hope that you
have the opportunity to explore and learn the enchantment of Bandung and beyond.
Many of us have been following long series of agenda since yesterday, starting with
the Call for Paper Indonesia Information Security Forum. Therefore, I am glad to finally
be able to join with you.
We gather here today for the same interest that is to find out more on the latest
developments of global cyber security issues. I was very pleased when I found out how
Indonesia had been given the confidence to host this event.
Internet governance in Indonesia will provide unique case study to learn from. Internet
in Indonesia started from the grass root of telecommunication communities as early as
the mid of 1990s which seen the establishment of the first Internet Service Provider.
That was the period when fixed line voice telephony industry and soon the mobile
voice telephony were enjoying great deal of prosperity.

2. Until today, the grass root community remains important to the development of cyber
security and internet governance in Indonesia including the working relationship with
Government in the constructing of the right policies of Internet Governance for the
need of Indonesia.
Cybersecurity is a global issue requiring global solutions. Given the scale of the
threats, we can no longer rely on ad hoc solutions, or hope to survive by strengthening
our defences after a cyberattack has occurred. So we must work together to set
international policies and standards, and to build an international framework for
cybersecurity.
Having said that, looking at Indonesia’s position we are setting up cyber security legal
framework to deal with cybersecurity issues in Indonesia. By having Electronic and
information transaction act no. 11 year 2008 as well as telecommunication act no. 36
year 1999, we are also making government regulation, ministerial regulation and
ministerial circulation in terms of cyber security associated with promoting cyber
security awareness program through continuous human resource training.
In closing, cyber security dan internet governance is by nature a shared responsibility
and it is practically impossible to relinquish itto others. The future of Indonesia along
with the future of the world relies on our cooperation to make the cyberspace we
shared a secure environment. I am confident with your support we can make that
happen.
Thank you.
WassalammualaikumWarrohmatullahi Wabarokatuh,
Ashwin Sasongko