Georgia Is 18th In the World for Cyber Security
By Gvantsa Gabekhadze
Thursday, April 4
Georgia has ranked 18th in the world and eighth in Europe for cybersecurity by the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2018, by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which measures the commitment of its 194 member states to cybersecurity.
The 2018 survey provided data from 178 member states.
The GCI was launched in 2007 and reflects its five pillars: legal, technical, organizational, 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 the commitment. Through consultation with a group of specialists, the questions are weighted in order to generate an overall GCI score, the official webpage reads.
The UK, US, France, Lithuania, and Estonia subsequently are at the top of the 2018 list.
Georgia ranked eighth in Europe in the rating of 2017.
The Georgian Justice Ministry stated than that the achievement became possible for Georgia due to the efforts of a governmental department CERT.GOV.GE that specializes in identifying, registering, and analyzing critical computer incidents, issues recommendations, and conducts prompt responses to such occurrences.
CERT.GOV.GE operates under the Data Exchange Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and is responsible for handling critical incidents that occur within Georgian Governmental Networks and critical infrastructure.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia says that investigating of cybercrimes remain a problem for Georgia and there are cases when the involvement of foreign allies are necessary.
