Cross-Sector Leaders Urged to Strengthen National Cyber Sovereignty
Indonesia suspends discussion on the Peace Council. The Forum for Indonesian Cyber Independence (Formasi) is calling on heads of government agencies and the business world to fully commit to safeguarding Indonesia’s cyber sovereignty. The call came during the commemoration of Information Security Culture Day (HKKI) 2026 held at the Kempinski Hotel, Jakarta, on Saturday, 7 March 2026.
Chairman of HKKI 2026 committee and founder of Formasi, Gildas Deograt, stressed that information security is no longer merely a technical issue but a strategic responsibility of organisational leaders. In a backdrop of intensifying global geopolitics that treat cyberspace as a weapon, independence of the technology supply chain becomes a determinant of national sovereignty.
“The HKKI 2026 moment pushes us to continue to empower Indonesia’s cyber domain. We can become a sovereign nation in the cyber realm by 2045 if there is consistency between mindset, decisions, and actions,” Gildas said in a statement on Saturday (7 March 2026).
This year’s HKKI celebration marks 19 years of the information security awareness movement in Indonesia. Gildas reminded that a sense of security can be dangerous because it makes organisations complacent.
Since its first declaration on 7 March 2007, the movement has spurred the creation of strategic institutions such as the BSSN, the Police’s Cybercrime Directorate (Direktorat Tipidsiber), and the TNI’s Cyber Unit. However, Formasi notes that rising public awareness has not been matched by sustained safe behaviour in the digital space.
“Feeling secure makes us lax. We must build an integrated information security culture where security no longer clashes with convenience,” he added.
In agreement, Eko Indrajit, Rector of Pradita University, issued a firm warning on the importance of protecting national data. He argued that control of data by foreign parties is a form of voluntarily surrendering the nation’s future. “A nation whose data is controlled by foreign entities is, in fact, surrendering its future without a war,” Eko stated.
The event, supported by Dell and XecureIT, also featured an open discussion titled ‘Seizing Indonesia’s Cyber Sovereignty’, moderated by IT expert and ITTS Rector Onno Widodo Purbo.
Head of the BSSN, Lieutenant General (Ret.) Nugroho Sulistyo Budi, represented by the Deputy for Cyber Security and Cryptography Operations, Major General (TNI) Bondan Widiawan, delivered a keynote on the importance of cross-sector synergy.
To reaffirm the commitment, the event included the reading of the ‘Youth Pledge and Cyber Sovereignty’, emphasising the urgency of collaboration among government, business, academics and the community in creating an independent cyber ecosystem. (H-2)
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