Georgia among top 10 in UN Cybersecurity Survey
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Georgia has made it among the top 10 countries with the best cybersecurity in the world, says a survey by the United Nations (UN).
Georgia was named eighth on the list topped by Singapore in the survey by the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Reuters reports.
"Singapore has a near-perfect approach to cybersecurity, but many other rich countries have holes in their defences and some poorer countries are showing them how it should be done”, Reuters wrote.
Following Singapore were the United States, Malaysia, Oman, Estonia, Mauritius, Australia, Georgia, France and Canada. Russia was 11th followed by a tie between Japan and Norway. Germany placed 26th overall for its cybersecurity approach while China was 34th.
Table: Global Cybersecurity Index 2017 top ten most committed countries (source: www.thenextsiliconvalley.com)
The survey, which was released on Wednesday, was based on data from the ITU's 193 member states.
Reuters said that the ranking was based on countries' legal, technical and organisational institutions, their educational and research capabilities, and their cooperation in information-sharing networks.
The crucial first step was to adopt a national security strategy, but 50 percent of countries have none, the survey said.
Georgia together with the countries from the Eastern Partnership Region, South-eastern Europe and Turkey are making progress in the investigation of cybercrime by establishing closer links between professional communities of cybercrime investigators.
About 30 per cent of Georgian computer users have faced various cyber threats in the first nine months of 2019, while 32 per cent of the users were attacked by dangerous programmes, Kaspersky Lab Georgia reports.
The US Department of Justice has praised Georgian law enforcement agencies for their efforts and role in the identification and the conviction of the members of GozNym malware cybercrime network, affecting thousands of people worldwide and causing millions of dollars damage. GozNym infected tens of thousands of victim computers worldwide, primarily in the United States and Europe.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi will host the annual Regional Cyber Security and IT Innovation Conference between December 1-2, with participants discussing cybersecurity, digital governance and information technology.
Vakhtang Tsintsadze, the Georgian Deputy Economy Minister, on Monday told the Georgian IT Innovations Event, aimed at discussing the importance of information and communication technologies in the socio-economic development of the wider region, that the country’s Government was supporting development of innovation and knowledge-based economy.