Indonesian President Joko Widodo has revealed a plan to set up a national cyber agency (BCN), a move to enhance the country’s capability to fight against cyberspace attacks.

More details on the BCN establishment will be discussed at a national cyber security symposium held on June 3-4 by the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and the National Resilience Institute, said Minister of the coordinating ministry Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno.

Indonesia has been the target of a high number of cyber threats in recent years, according to Minister of Communications and Information Technology Rudiantara.-VNA