Islamabad, Sep 14: According to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 study, Pakistan gets the highest score. Pakistan was listed among the top-tier performers when it came to cybersecurity, and the survey rates hundreds of nations on several continents.
The cybersecurity performance scores of these countries are shown by the report’s tier divisions. The top scorers advance to the highest tier (Tier 1), while the lowest scorers are placed in Tier 5. The score considers a number of variables, including the legal, technical, organizational, capacity-building, and cooperative initiatives implemented by a nation. The tiers are as follows:
Tier 1: Performing as a role model (95–100)
Tier 2: Progression (85–95 score)
Tier 3: Establishing (55–85 points)
Tier 4: Changing (scoring between 20 and 55)
Building is Tier 5 (scoring 0–20).
Pakistan received a score as high as 95 out of 100, placing them in the highest category (role modeling). Australia, Germany, the United States, Bahrain, Italy, Oman, and numerous other nations were included in this list. This indicates that Pakistan is looked forward to as an example in terms of cybersecurity protocols.
Pakistan was placed 79th in the previous iteration of the Global Cybersecurity Index study.Pakistan received a score of 20 (out of 20) for capability development, 18.21 for technical measures, 20 for organization measures, 20 for legal measures, and 18.48 for collaboration measures. Pakistan now tops the list of competitors, surpassing hundreds of others.
Shaza Fatima Khawaja, the state minister for information technology and telecommunication, praised Pakistan’s performance on Friday. Says she:
“The Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 demonstrates notable advancements made by nations putting into practice crucial policies, plans, capacity-building programs, and collaboration frameworks, particularly when it comes to bolstering incident response capabilities. In the most recent rating, Pakistan did remarkably well, landing in Tier 1, where it is ranked among the US, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia”.
