UPNVJ Public Relations – Thursday 21 January 2021 UPN Veteran Jakarta is again holding the 2nd State Defense Webinar Series with the topic Cyber Security and Defending the Country in Cyberspace. This Webinar Series is still within the framework of the 58th Anniversary of UPNVJ, with speakers who are qualified in their respective fields. Approximately 250 participants took part in this webinar activity online via the zoom application, both from lecturers, students and the general public.

The webinar started at 08.00 with the opening by the MC and Moderator and then continued with remarks by the Chancellor of UPN Veterans Jakarta, Dr. Erna Hernawati, Ak, CPMA, CA. In his opening remarks for the webinar series, the Chancellor said "This event is a series of events in the context of UPN Veteran Jakarta commemorating the 58th Anniversary. UPN Veteran Jakarta as a state defense campus has indeed started from the establishment of upholding the value of defending the country. So within the framework of this Anniversary UPN Veteran Jakarta is holding a series of webinars and also social services related to defending the country."

The Chancellor also said that UPN Veteran Jakarta always tries to explore matters related to defending the country, including the Cyber Space problem. "UPN Veteran Jakarta always tries to explore things related to defending the country and cyber space issues. Matters such as data theft, Cyber Terrorism, are relevant things to talk about, in terms of how do we prepare ourselves so that the state and society understand that we are not a part that weakens national defense but a part that strengthens the position of our country."

After the Chancellor's remarks, the webinar began with the first guest speaker, namely Suwito Pomalingo, S.Kom., M.Kom., MTA., ECSS., CEH., CHFI who is a Cyber Security expert. On the occasion of the webinar series this time, Suwito brought up the topic Cyber Security . In his presentation, Suwito conveyed several things related to the definition of Cyber Security , the concept of Cyber Security , why we need Cyber Security and how Cyber Security works.

"The terms Cyber Security and Information Security are often confused, even though Cyber Security is part of Information Security. According to ISACA, Cyber Security is how to protect information that is processed, created, stored, then distributed using communication media. That is the domain of Cyber Security.”

"The term Cyber Security has occupied 'the sexiest job' from several years ago until now." he continued.

The webinar was continued with a presentation by the second speaker, namely Dr. Anter Venus, MAComm, who presented the topic of Defending the Country in Cyberspace. Several discussions such as Feeling National Emotions in Cyberspace, Explosion of Information in Cyberspace, Changes in the Communication & Information Environment and also related to what we must do to defend our country.

At the beginning of his presentation, Anter Venus said that currently in cyberspace what is more dangerous is content uploaded by people, which can affect people's views on things, including views on their country. Anter Venus also explained several examples of harassment in cyberspace carried out by other nations against the Indonesian people and also what happened in Indonesia by its own citizens.

"When there is no state ideology, then we are also fragile. In cyberspace, as we all know, there are people who insult Pancasila and lastly also abuse our national anthem. And there is still a lot of harassment, disformatization and propaganda that threatens the honor and integrity of the nation and state."

In this webinar, Anter Venus also said that citizens are also representatives in cyberspace . "The examples of these abuses show that the state is present not only in the real world but also in cyberspace. Residents are like that too. Citizens in cyberspace are also representations in the real world. Information obtained in cyberspace also affects the real world, so perceptions also affect them. Furthermore, by Anter Venus, "Citizens must be present in cyberspace to provide information that strengthens the state."

The second Webinar Series was closed with a question and answer session between the webinar participants and the webinar speaker and also taking a group photo.