Government, BSSN, and Telkom Collaborate to Face Quantum Computing Era

The government is beginning to accelerate anticipatory measures to address potential cybersecurity threats arising from the development of quantum computing technology.

Through a Coordination Meeting on the Urgency of Policy Formulation for Post-Quantum Computing (PQC) held on Thursday (6/8), the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs (Kemenko Polkam), together with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom), academics, industry players, and the cybersecurity community, strengthened synergy to prepare Indonesia for the post-quantum era.

The coordination meeting was chaired by Deputy for Communication and Information Coordination at Kemenko Polkam, Air Vice Marshal Eko Dono Indarto, and attended by Deputy for Cybersecurity and Crypto Strategy and Policy at BSSN, Air Vice Marshal R. Tjahjo Kurniawan, Chairman of the Communication and Information System Security Research Center (CISSReC) Pratama Persadha, Assistant Deputy for Cybersecurity Prevention and Capacity Building, Air Commodore Budi Eko Pratomo, Assistant Deputy for Telecommunications and Information, Air Commodore Agus Pandu Purnama, Director of Strategic Business Development & Portfolio at Telkom Seno Soemadji, as well as representatives from ministries, agencies, state-owned enterprises, industry, academia, and the cybersecurity community.

This forum served as a platform to gather input from various stakeholders as a basis for formulating national policy in response to the development of quantum computing technology. Quantum computers are predicted to deliver a major leap in computing capability, opening up various opportunities for innovation and digital transformation.

On the other hand, the technology also has the potential to weaken the cryptographic systems that currently protect digital transactions, communications, and strategic data. Therefore, anticipatory measures need to be prepared early so that the security of the national digital ecosystem remains intact.

Deputy for Communication and Information Coordination at Kemenko Polkam, Air Vice Marshal Eko Dono Indarto, stressed that readiness to face the quantum computing era must become a national strategic agenda.

“Regarding Post-Quantum Cryptography, the world is moving far faster than we imagine. We must catch up and make a leap. Preparation for the post-quantum era is no longer a sectoral issue, but a national strategic agenda that requires close collaboration between government, industry, academia, and the community so that Indonesia has adequate readiness to face future changes in the cybersecurity landscape,” said Eko in a written statement on Tuesday (11/8/2026).

As a follow-up, the forum formulated a number of priority measures, including the preparation of a National Roadmap for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration, determining protection priorities for data with high confidentiality levels, strengthening cross-ministerial and agency coordination forums, and proposing the establishment of a National Quantum Center as a national collaboration hub for research, standardisation, talent development, and implementation of quantum technology.

Assistant Deputy for Cybersecurity Prevention and Capacity Building at Kemenko Polkam, Air Commodore Budi Eko Pratomo, together with Assistant Deputy for Telecommunications and Information, Air Commodore Agus Pandu Purnama, also encouraged strengthening cross-sector coordination so that national policy formulation can proceed in an integrated manner and be able to answer increasingly complex digital security challenges.

In line with this, Deputy for Cybersecurity and Crypto Strategy and Policy at BSSN, Air Vice Marshal R. Tjahjo Kurniawan, explained that cybersecurity is the main foundation for the success of digital transformation. According to him, all stakeholders need to raise awareness of the risk of quantum attacks and immediately prepare for gradual and measured cryptographic migration.

He said that BSSN has established a National Task Force for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Preparation to support the formulation of the national roadmap and accelerate Indonesia’s readiness towards a more resilient digital ecosystem.

From the industry side, Telkom affirmed its commitment to becoming a strategic partner of the government in building national readiness to face the quantum computing era. Through Telkom University, various research on PQC has begun to be developed, including research in the field of quantum error correction as well as digital talent development expected to strengthen the foundation of Indonesia’s cybersecurity ecosystem.

At the same time, Telkom is also conducting preparatory studies towards the quantum-safe era by providing quantum-safe networks and quantum-safe data centres.

Director of Strategic Business Development & Portfolio at Telkom, Seno Soemadji, said that the challenge of quantum computing cannot be answered solely through technology adoption, but also requires comprehensive strengthening of national capabilities.

“The quantum computing era will fundamentally change the digital security paradigm. Therefore, what needs to be built is not only technological readiness, but also national capability. Collaboration between government, industry, academia, and the community is the foundation for accelerating Indonesia’s readiness to face this era,” he explained.

For this reason, Seno continued, Telkom is ready to take on the role of strategic partner through strengthening research and innovation, talent development with Telkom University, and developing digital capabilities that support the realisation of a quantum-safe ecosystem as part of strengthening Indonesia’s digital sovereignty.

CISSReC Chairman Pratama Persadha added that organisations do not need to wait until quantum computers are truly capable of breaking the cryptographic systems currently in use before starting to prepare.

According to him, the most realistic step is to conduct an inventory of digital assets and identify the most critical data so that the migration process towards security systems resistant to quantum computer threats can be carried out gradually without having to replace all existing technology infrastructure.

Ultimately, this coordination meeting became an initial step to strengthen national synergy in formulating policy, building capacity, and accelerating Indonesia’s readiness to face the quantum computing era.

Through close collaboration between government, industry, academia, and the community, Indonesia is expected not only to be able to anticipate future cybersecurity threats, but also to leverage the development of quantum technology to strengthen competitiveness and national digital sovereignty.