A Matter of Trust: Advancing Secure Digital ID Initiatives in Indonesia

Jakarta Post | 5 October 2024

By integrating identity verification solutions and digital ID wallets, banks can create a reality whereby digital identity theft and fraud are minimized.

Southeast Asia’s digital identity landscape is coming of age. Digital identification (ID) is fast becoming a part of everyday life, with nearly every country in the region in varying stages of implementation.

In Indonesia, the government is pushing hard for its over 200 million citizens to adopt Digital Population Identity (IKD). Aside from improving access to banking, healthcare and government services, the digital ID initiative is also part of a larger effort to address cybersecurity concerns.

Considering the recent high-profile ransomware attack in June 2024, which crippled numerous government services, the need to ramp up digital ID and secure verification processes has never been more urgent.

With the fundamental steps to build a digital identity ecosystem underway, what future developments await Indonesia? How will new and emerging technologies impact the broader digital identity landscape?

The future of digital ID is in lockstep with advancements in biometrics. By leveraging unique physical characteristics, such as our faces, fingerprints and even irises, biometrics offer a highly secure verification process — far superior to legacy methods like passwords. Hence, different industries like finance, banking, retail, e-commerce, healthcare and aviation are increasingly adopting biometric-enabled digital IDs.

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