India Rank’s Among Top 10 In Global Cybersecurity Index 2020.
GCI-Global Cybersecurity Index is a yearly survey carried out by ITU (International telecommunication union) the united nations specialized agency for ICT’s. GCI was first launch in 2015. For year 2020 the index maps 82 questions on 194 members state cybersecurity commitments. And the ranking was measured on basis of five pillars:
- Legal measures
- Technical measures
- Organizational measures
- Capacity development measures
- Co-operation measures
India rank’s in 10th position with score of 97.5.The list is topped by USA with score 100 followed by United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in second position with score 99.54. India has also secured the fourth position in the Asia Pacific region underlining its commitments to cybersecurity.
Estonia ranked third with score 99.48. while Korea(Rep of),Singapore, Spain spotted at fourth with score 98.52 also fifth was secured by Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia with score 98.06.
Lithuania holds sixth position with score 97.93, Japan secured seventh with score 97.82.Eight and ninth would be Canada and France with score 97.67 and 97.6.
The goal of GCI is to help countries in identifying areas for improvement in the field of cybersecurity. As well as encourage them to take action towards those areas.
Cybersecurity is multidisciplinary field and its application involves all sector, industries and stakeholders both vertically and horizontally. In order to increase development of national capabilities efforts have to be made by political, economical, by law of enforcement, justice department, educational institutes, private sectors, Public-Private partnership, developers of technology and intra-state cooperation.
Finally India has worked relentlessly on all the five pillars over the last few years, resulting in significant improvement in its ranking. We hope GCI will also help in address the gap between developed and developing countries by encouraging knowledge, upskilling, and building competencies.
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