Time in Tbilisi: March 29, 2024 05:42
Georgia has been ranked ninth in Europe in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2018, which is a composite index produced, analysed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to measure the commitment of its 194 member states to cybersecurity in order to raise cybersecurity awareness.
The 2018 survey included 178 member states, with Georgia ranked 18th in the world for cyber security.
The GCI is rooted in the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) that was launched in 2007, and reflects its five pillars: legal, technical, organisational, capacity building, and cooperation.
The GCI combines 25 indicators into one benchmark measure to monitor the cybersecurity commitment of ITU members to the five pillars.
The index uses data collected through an online survey. For each pillar, questions have been developed to assess commitment. Through consultation with a group of specialists, the questions are weighted in order to generate an overall GCI score.
The UK, US, France, Lithuania and Estonia subsequently are at the top of the 2018 list.
Minister of Defence of Georgia Levan Izoria and Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in the field of cyber security today.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria has declared 2019 as the year of cyber security in the Georgian Armed Forces.
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Operative-Technical Agency and the National University of Ireland concerning cooperation in cybercrime investigation and digital forensics, including trainings, exchange visits, study programmes, the exchange of scientific research and consultation services.
Head of the Georgian State Security Service Vakhtang Gomelauri and Director of Classified Information Security Directorate of Albania Dorian Tola have signed an agreement on the exchange and mutual protection of classified information today in Tbilisi.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze will hold the first meeting of the new National Security Council tomorrow. The Council is an eight-member advisory body, responsible for national security policy planning and coordination.
A global organized cybercrime network that used malware GozNym to infect computers and steal 100 million USD from more than 41,000 institutions has been taken down - Georgia helped in the process.
Georgian law enforcers have detained one Georgian and two Turkish citizens for the illegal use of computer data and stealing $73,000 from the accounts of two key banks in Georgia - TBC and Bank of Georgia. The detainees face two to 10 years in prison. The Interior Ministry said that the case was solved with the close cooperation with banks.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports that the individuals broke the computer system of the Metro Service + company issuing the cards, and would place virtual money on several of its cards.
The Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia has become a full member of the Multinational Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP), which is a NATO-endorsed smart defence initiative, reports the Ministry of Defence.
Police have detained four persons for cyber crime in Tbilisi and Batumi, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Detainees illegally used personal information of 13 people to illegally access their internet bank and online gambling accounts and stole 42,000 GEL ($14,756/€13,014) in total.
Facebook pages run on servers located outside Georgia are running fake news on the new coronavirus outbreak on Georgian-language Facebook, a research by the state's Data Exchange Agency has revealed.
US online media outlet ZDNet has reported that voter information for more than 4.9 million Georgians, including deceased citizens, has been published on a hacking forum on Saturday.
Police have detained a Georgian citizen for cyber crimes in Tbilisi, Interior Ministry reported yesterday. The ministry said the individual, identified only as A.B. and born in 2000, fraudulently accessed the Facebook accounts of 25 people between December 2019 and May 2020.
The first Cyber Security Forum in Tbilisi has been held by the government of Georgia to identify problems in Georgian cybersecurity and find ways to settle them with the involvement of the diplomatic corps and international institutions.
Georgia has shown an improvement in the World Bank's recent study 'Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)' in terms of government effectiveness and regulatory quality.
Georgia has ranked 55th in the world and 30th in Europe in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) 2020 amongst 182 countries. The GCI is a composite index produced, analysed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to measure the commitment of its member countries to cybersecurity.