Another non-ministerial government department (lembaga pemerintah non-kementerian) was officially formed by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (“GOI”) under the Presidential Regulation Number 53 of 2017 on National Cyber and State Codes Board (Badan Siber dan Sandi Negara - BSSN) on 19 May 2017.
The BSSN was a collaboration of State Codes Agency and Directorate General of Application and Informatics of Ministry of Communication and Informatics. In particular, the BSSN is under supervision and responsible to the President of the Republic of Indonesia through the Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.
The main duty of BSSN is to carry out cyber security effectively and efficiently by harnessing, developing, consolidating all relevant aspects as to cyber security.
To perform its duty, the BSSN is also authorized in:
1. Preparation and implementation of technical policies in the areas of identification, detection, protection, prevention, recovery, monitoring, evaluation, control of e-commerce protection, coding, screening, cyber diplomacy. Cyber crisis management center, cyber contact center, information center, mitigation support, vulnerability recovery, cyber incidents and / or cyber-attacks, as well as supervision and evaluation of these policies.
2. Coordinate functional activities in the execution of the BSSN’s duties and as a center for all stakeholders.
3. Implementation of guidance and provision of administrative support to all organizational units within the BSSN.
4. Supervision over implementation of the BSSN’s duties.
5. Implementation of support that is substantive to all elements of the organization within the BSSN.
6. Implementation of national, regional and international cooperation in cyber security affairs.
In terms of organization structure, the Head of BSSN shall be supported by the main secretariat and four supporting deputies i.e.:
1. Deputy for Identification and Detection;
2. Deputy for Protection;
3. Deputy for Disaster and Recovery; and
4. Deputy for Monitoring and Controlling.
The existence of the BSSN equip unit of the state apparatus to combat terrorism cyber-attacks which is the main concern of the GOI i.e. dissemination of propaganda of terrorist-radicalism ideology to young generation through social media. Furthermore, the BSSN shall be substantially needed to assist Center for Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis (PPATK), Financial Services Providers, the Indonesian Police, the Public Prosecutor or judges to investigate and trace any suspicious financial transaction committed to terrorism or organized crime online financing.