Majalah ICT English No.35-2015

MAIN REPORTdata bank center in Singapore. “StateIntelligent Law prescribes that whoeversell the state’s confidentiality will besentenced to 7-year imprisonment,” hesaid.“Government’s data placing mustbe locally, protected with the state’smaximum security. We request thatMinister Rini Soemarmo be reshuffledimmediately by the president,” he said.Minister of BUMN’s effort incooperating with Singapore Telecom inworking on e-goverment market alsoinvites sharp criticism, including thatfrom Commission 1 of the House ofRepresentatives.As conveyed by Chairman ofCommission 1 of the House ofRepresentatives of the Republicof Indonesia, Mahfudz Siddiq,e-government project is datacollected owned by the governmentwhich supposed to be treated withhigh level of security and cannot betreated randomly. “I think Indonesiancompanies are also capable we do notneed to cooperate with foreigners. E-issue is better and safer if using localcompanies,” said Mahfudz.House of representatives commissionchairman who is also in charge ofDefense and Security conveyed theconcern of members of the house onthe security of this government dataand has reported directly to Head ofState Intelligence Leutenant General(retired) Marciano Norman at theHearing with the House’s Commission1. Marciano stated that suche-government coopertion issue hadto be taken into account seriously interms of its security particularly on thestate’s data security from foreigners.“It will be a consideration for policymakers,” he said.The same tone as Commission 1,Commission VI of Indonesia’s Houseof Representatives also highlightsthis Telkom’s corporate action. Asconveyed by a member of the Housefrom FPAN Achmad Hafisz Tohir thatCommission VI will summon Ministerof BUMN concerning such telkom’saction. Commission VI will ask moredetailed explanation from Telkom andMinister of BUMN. “If it endangers thestate we will ask it to be cancelled,” hesaid.Meanwhile Founder of IndoTelkoForum Doni Ismanto Darwin said it wasnot easy for a company or individualto Go Global, as conducted by Telkom.The issue is the standard applied whencompeting in the international marketis very high. Doni said that Telkomcould obtain land in Data Center Parkin Jurong Park, Singapore. This was noteasy, since it was difficult to obtain theland with tight competition.“The first proposal from TelinSingapore (Telkom’s subsidiary) wasapproved, we supposed to be prouditmeans we can beat internationalplayers which they must haveparticipated in top players bidding,Singapore is one of the internationalhubs,” he said.C7 Majalah I No. 35• June 2015T