Georgia Leads CIS Countries in Global Cybersecurity Index 2017

Of the countries in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Georgia leads in cyber security according the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017, released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Georgia ranks 8th on the list which means the country has improved its positions by four steps. Georgia was ranked 12th in the previous edition, released in 2015.

“Georgia is top ranked in the CIS. After large-scale cyber-attacks on the country in 2008, the government has strongly supported protection of the country's information systems. The Information Security Law established a Cyber Security Bureau with a particular emphasis on protecting critical information systems in the military sphere,” the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017 reads.

The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2017 measures each nation's level of commitment to the ITU's Global Cybersecurity Agenda, with the aim of highlighting potential areas for improvement and driving cybersecurity to the forefront of national plan

One-hundred and thirty-four Member States (including State of Palestine) responded to the survey throughout 2016.

The GCI revolves around the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) and its five pillars (legal, technical, organizational, capacity building and cooperation). For each of these pillars, questions were developed to assess commitment. Through consultation with a group of experts, these questions were weighted in order to arrive at an overall GCI score.

The survey was administered through an online platform through which supporting evidence was also collected.

Thea Morrison