We have just heard a case in Sulawesi 2-3 weeks earlier when the evaluation system offered by the choice committee was bypassed and hacked
Jakarta – A member of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia has highlighted the requirement to enhance the security of the digital system utilized in the nationwide state device recruitment assessment to prevent increasingly advanced cheating techniques.
” We have just heard a case in Sulawesi 2-3 weeks earlier when the evaluation system provided by the choice committee was bypassed and hacked,” Ombudsman member Robert Na Endi Jaweng observed in his keynote speech at a webinar hosted by the Ombudsman, accessed online from Jakarta on Monday.
In the hacking case, remote access was acquired to a computer desktop throughout test, providing an undesired benefit to targeted test participants who utilized the computer systems that were jeopardized, the Ombudsman member noted.
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A dedication from the authority and exam organizers to make sure cyber security during the recruitment is paramount to prevent comparable unfaithful practices from occurring in future exams, Jaweng reiterated.
” Individual integrity amongst recruitment evaluation officials is likewise important,” he mentioned.
The Ombudsman’s acting head of VI Chief Assistance for Report Inspection, Ahmad Sobirin, confirmed the agency had discovered that the system security and file encryption for the computer-assisted fundamental proficiency test were inadequate and susceptible to cyber threats.
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” This postured an opportunity for test individuals or exam organizers to make use of the system weak point for unfaithful on the test,” Sobirin stated.
In reaction to a number of findings exposing vulnerabilities in the system utilized for the state device recruitment evaluation, the Ombudsman has actually urged the National Civil Service Firm (BKN) to develop IT security specifications to tackle system hacking, he included.
The Ombudsman has actually also highlighted the importance of appointing sufficient and proficient members with personal integrity to the selection group to perform technical responsibilities during the recruitment assessment, Sobirin stated.
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