Kemkomdigi Reports Progress in Building National Digital Resilience
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Raden Wijaya Kusumawardhana, an expert staff member to the Minister for Social, Economic and Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Kemkomdigi), outlined the ministry’s achievements in building national digital resilience.
The initiatives include operating a national data centre (PDN) and training digital talent, in line with the Indonesia Digital Vision 2045.
“By September 2026, more than 490 tenants, comprising ministries, local governments and other government institutions, had made use of the national data centre ecosystem,” Wijaya said in a statement received in Jakarta on Thursday, describing progress at the PDN.
Of those 490 tenants, 69 applications were live at the national data centre as of September 2026. These operational applications were classified as low risk.
The operation of dozens of government applications at the PDN forms part of the use of digital government infrastructure. This had previously begun with the Government Service Liaison System (SPLP), which is used in the social protection digitalisation programme (Perlinsos).
Alongside using the PDN, the government is building digital resilience by introducing facial-recognition biometric verification for mobile service customer registration. The measure is based on Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Regulation No. 7 of 2026 on the Registration of Telecommunications Service Customers on Mobile Networks.
The measure is intended to strengthen public confidence in the use of digital identity. By the end of September 2026, 28 million customers had registered using biometrics.
“This is intended to improve the quality of customer identity verification and narrow the scope for mobile numbers to be misused in digital activities, while maintaining strict personal data protection,” Wijaya said.
The government is also strengthening platforms’ responsibility for child safety through Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on the Governance of Electronic System Operators for Child Protection (PP TUNAS).
In developing public capacity, digital literacy programmes have reached around 5.7 million people. More specifically, cumulative participation in digital talent training under the Digital Talent Scholarship and Microskill programmes exceeded 870,000 by September 2026.
These achievements are guided by Kemkomdigi’s three pillars of digital transformation: Connected, Growing and Protected. Together, they link expanded access, the creation of economic added value and public protection.
To strengthen resilience, Kemkomdigi has called on stakeholders to pursue three shared priorities: adopting security by design and resilience by design; improving coordination and preparedness for cyber incidents; and expanding digital security capabilities among the public and businesses.
The collaboration involves the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), government, industry, academia and the public, each acting within its respective role and authority.