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India ranks among top 10 in ITU's Global Cybersecurity Index

In the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020 launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), India was ranked as the tenth best country globally on key cyber safety factors. The country moved from 37 place to rank among top 10.

The announcement by the UN body of India's endeavours on cybersecurity, comes in advance of the Digital India’s sixth anniversary on July 1. India is evolving as a global IT superpower, emphasising its digital independence with company measures to protect online rights of citizens and data privacy.

The US secured the first rank in the index, followed by the UK and Saudi Arabia who secured the second rank, followed by Estonia at the third rank.

In the Asia Pacific region, India secured the fourth place, highlighting its dedication to cybersecurity.

GCI evaluation is conducted on the basis of performance on five parameters of cybersecurity including technical measures, legal measures, organisational measures and capacity development. The performance is then grouped into an overall score.

For each of the five attributes, all the countries' execution and dedication were evaluated through an online survey, which further enabled supporting evidence collection.

Through in-depth discussions with a group of specialists, the questions were then weighted and evaluated, to come at the overall scores.

The GCI findings for India present significant overall improvement and growth under all parameters of the cybersecurity area. India scored a total of 97.5 points out of 100, to make it to the tenth rank globally in the GCI 2020.

Over the last few years, India has performed persistently on all the five pillars, resulting in substantial expansion in its ranking in Global Cyber Security Index.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.