State cyber-defence: Indonesian policymakers' views on the mitigation of foreign surveillance

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This study considers the Indonesian Government’s requirements for state cyber- defence in response to reported secret intelligence collection by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). It provides a clearer understanding of the issues that influence Indonesian policymakers’ views on the mitigation of foreign surveillance. The study introduced Adaptive Wideband Delphi Study with group discussions and individual sessions to explore how to mitigate the surveillance activities posed by ‘Five Eyes’ (the US-UK-Canada-Australia-New Zealand) intelligence alliance. In addition, the National Security Agency (NSA) Framework of the three elements of Defence in Depth (people, operations, and technology) in combination with governance and legal remedies were used for analytical framework. It outlines twenty-five mitigation controls, which were divided into the five defences in depth elements. It concludes by discussing the key requirements to be taken into account in the state cyber-defence framework, and suggest effective mitigation for preserving effective legal framework to safeguard and protect the state’s national interests.

Authors: Nugraha, Y

• Publication status: Published
• Series: CDT Technical Paper Series
• Publication date: 2014-06-01
• Paper number: 01/16
• Language: English
• Keywords: adaptive wideband delphi; information security; cyber security; Indonesia; national interests; foreign surveillance; defence in depth; sate self-defence