Following insights from Biometric Update, the Indonesian government is moving to strengthen its national identity infrastructure through a new procurement initiative. The Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration, known as Ditjen Dukcapil, has issued a tender for 4 petabytes of storage to support real-time replication of critical population and biometric data.
The project aims to establish an active-active data center architecture, allowing the primary facility and a secondary co-location site in Central Jakarta to operate simultaneously. This redundancy is intended to ensure service continuity and protect against outages. The tender, which is part of a World Bank-funded digital transformation project, requires the winning supplier to provide two 2PB storage units. The initiative follows a significant 2024 ransomware attack on a national data center that disrupted government services and highlighted the risks of inadequate backup systems. Beyond hardware, the contract mandates local technical support, knowledge transfer for 30 personnel and strict data security protocols, including the retention of defective drives. As Indonesia expands its digital identity and electronic know-your-customer capabilities, the reliance on robust storage infrastructure has become essential. The procurement process is scheduled to conclude in early 2027, with implementation expected to follow shortly thereafter. By prioritizing local capacity and secure data management, the government seeks to mitigate future cyber threats while supporting the long-term stability of its national identification systems.
Source: Biometric Update
