UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya Conducts Benchmarking with UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang: Discusses Infrastructure Optimization and Campus Network Architecture

Malang, October 16, 2025 — The Information Technology Team of Sunan Ampel State Islamic University (UIN) Surabaya conducted a benchmarking visit to UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang for a comparative study and technical discussion related to network infrastructure optimization, system architecture, and efficiency of campus digital service management.

The event, which took place at the UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang Rectorate Building, was opened by the Head of PTIPD UIN Malang. In his remarks, he provided an overview of the integrated network architecture that currently connects Campuses 1, 2, 3, the RKB lecture building, and Karsa Husada Hospital through fiber optic connectivity with a centralized topology.

“"The network infrastructure at UIN Malang is currently designed to support academic, administrative, and research needs, utilizing a high-availability approach and inter-segment redundancy. We also implement a real-time monitoring system to ensure bandwidth performance and connection stability across all access points.".

In the technical presentation session, the UIN Malang team explained that the network system uses two internet service providers (ISPs) with a primary and backup scheme (redundant link) to ensure resilience and automatic failover in the event of a connection disruption.
Since 2024, UIN Malang has implemented a global and local traffic mix policy, where all traffic is optimized through adaptive routing and load balancing mechanisms, thereby increasing bandwidth usage efficiency and reducing access latency.

From UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, the head of the PUSTIPD team, Teguh, explained their network architecture implementation, which differs from that of UIN Malang. They (UIN Sunan Ampel) use distributed bandwidth across each campus (Campus 1 and Campus 2) with different providers.
UINSA also implements a multi-vendor access point approach (including Alcatel and Huawei), the result of several grant programs, with a standardization policy for devices per building to maintain consistency of Wi-Fi service.

Furthermore, UINSA has adopted AWS (Amazon Web Services)-based cloud computing services, which include the management of 10 server instances, a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and other integrated security systems. This cloud-based solution is used to support academic applications, digital repositories, and campus information system services with high security and scalability.

The discussion between the two teams was dynamic, discussing a number of technical aspects such as:

1. VLAN segmentation and traffic isolation between work units,
2. ISP failover strategies and network redundancy management,
3. Throughput optimization and network performance monitoring,
4. Integration of campus cloud and data center, as well as

Implementation of Zero Trust and IDS/IPS layer based network security policies.

The benchmarking activity concluded with a question and answer session and follow-up plans in the form of technical collaboration in the areas of network operation center (NOC) development, cybersecurity enhancement, and the implementation of hybrid cloud architecture between the two universities.