Indonesia Faces 182 Cyberattack Attempts Every Second
Amidst global economic uncertainty forcing many companies to review their technology spending priorities, the cyber threat landscape in Indonesia is showing the opposite trend. Digital attacks are becoming increasingly massive, sophisticated, and difficult to ignore, creating high urgency for national resilience.
PT ITSEC Asia Tbk (IDX: CYBR), the first cybersecurity company to list on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, views this phenomenon not as an obstacle, but as confirmation of the strategic relevance of their business. While global IT budgets are experiencing slowed growth, the need for sovereign data protection is rising sharply.
Historically, large-scale economic frictions, such as trade wars, tend to accelerate cyber activities, particularly those driven by state actors. Although global cybersecurity budget growth is projected to slow to 4% in 2025 due to inflation, total global expenditure is expected to remain significant.
Data from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) reveals a worrying reality. From January to November 2025, more than 5.16 billion traffic anomalies were recorded in Indonesia. When converted, this means Indonesia faces almost 182 attack attempts every single second.
Slamet Aji Pamungkas, Deputy for Cyber Security and Economic Cryptography at BSSN, emphasised that cyber threats have become a strategic challenge affecting cross-sector operations, ranging from finance to government.
“The high level of attack activity serves as a reminder that cybersecurity needs to be a priority at the leadership level of organisations,” he stated.
ITSEC Asia’s Threat Intelligence team has noted a shift in attack methods. Stealer malware groups are no longer just targeting passwords, but also cookies, session tokens, and cloud credentials. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by criminals is also accelerating the effectiveness of phishing and social engineering.
This situation is further exacerbated by regulatory pressures. The implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law (UU PDP) and the inclusion of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (RUU KKS) into the 2026 Priority National Legislative Program (Prolegnas) are forcing economic actors to strengthen their security posture to ensure legal compliance.
As a local player with international scale, ITSEC Asia is positioning itself as a solution for the ‘onshoring’ cybersecurity trend. With a portfolio including IntelliBroń Orion and the ITSEC AI Operations Center, the company offers protection that does not rely on foreign supply chains.
President Director of ITSEC Asia, Patrick Dannacher, stated that freezing defence budgets amidst a crisis actually creates gaps for threat actors. “We built ITSEC Asia not as a response to a crisis, but as infrastructure that is ready when a crisis arrives,” Patrick asserted.
With the support of over 400 globally certified experts and a long track record working with BSSN and Bank Indonesia, ITSEC Asia is committed to ensuring that Indonesia’s digital transformation has a solid and trustworthy security foundation for investors.