KUALA LUMPUR: Global security company Kaspersky and policy experts are discussing ways to improve the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) supply chain resilience in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region as cyber attacks rise due to the huge leap in digitalisation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent alleged police data breach shows that not only is the Indonesian general public susceptible to having their data stolen and traded online amid the absence of data protection laws, but also law enforcement officials.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Low awareness and accountability among public electronic service providers (ESPs) continue to be the bane of Indonesia’s weak data-protection landscape, experts have said, as protection measures continue to lag behind the nation’s speedy digital transformation.
Indonesian Cyber Research of Communication and Information System Security Research Center (CISSReC) Chairman Pratama Persadha suggested the government to .
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The Putat Jaya cemetery in Surabaya is a neglected place. Wild grass grows uncontrollably, and, after it rains, the reek of decay rises over the graves. When Febby Damayanti went there in November 2019 for her friend Hani’s funeral, there were no flowers, no family members, and no cleric to lead the prayers. Only six people attended.
Hani was a 33-year-old trans woman who worked in the sex industry in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city. She died due to complications from HIV/AIDS, for which she had refused to take antiretroviral therapy. “She thought she was healthy,” said Damayanti, a 37-year-old trans woman who owns a beauty salon and volunteers with Perwakos, one of Indonesia’s oldest LGBTQI advocate groups. “She didn’t know that she needed the drugs to suppress the virus. Things got worse, and her family refused to bury her.”