Context: According to a United Nations report, India has jumped 37 places to 10th position in the Global Cyber ​​Security Index (GCI) 2020.

About the Global Cyber ​​Security Index (GCI) 2020

• The GCI is a composite index created, analyzed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a specialized agency of the United Nations.
• It is launched to measure the commitment to cybersecurity of its 194 member countries to raise cybersecurity awareness.
• The latest report is the fourth GCI edition by the ITU, the first version of which was launched six years ago.
• India ranked 10th in the fourth edition of the Global Cyber ​​Security Index 2020 (GCI), a significant jump of 37 places from its previous GCI rank in 2018.
• Breaking into the top 10 in the list, India also ranks fourth in the Asia-Pacific region.
• GCI measures countries’ commitment to cybersecurity on a global scale, to raise awareness of the importance and various dimensions of the issue.
• The top rank in the GCI was achieved by the US with a score of 100.
• The UK and Saudi Arabia finished second, tied for next place with a score of 99.54.
• In the Asia Pacific region, South Korea and Singapore are on top with a score of 98.52, which ranks fourth globally.
• Other countries at the top of the index include Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia (98.06) at fifth place, Lithuania at sixth, Japan at seventh and Canada, France and India at the subsequent positions.
• Among other countries, Turkey (97.49) was ranked 11th, Germany (97.41) at 13th, China (92.53) at 33rd and Israel (90.93) at 36th position.
• As cybersecurity has a wide area of ​​application, cutting across multiple industries and different sectors, each country’s development or engagement is assessed along five pillars –

(i) Legal measures

(ii) Technical measures

(iii) Organizational measures

(iv) Capacity development, and

(v) Cooperation- and then aggregated into a composite score

Rising need of Cyber ​​Security

• Digital gaps between nations create an unsustainable environment in the cyber domain.
• Increasing digital dependence in the post-COVID era has exposed digital disparities. This must be bridged through capacity building.
• There’s a sophisticated use of cyberspace by terrorists to broaden their propaganda and incite hatred.
• Cyber security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks.

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