20 Mar 2019

Overview of latest country updates

Over the last two months, updated datasets have been published for many countries. Below is an overview of the most important updates.

Denmark is ranked 6th in the index after significant updates provided by the Agency for Digitisation concerning protection of digital services, protection of essential services, education, and different responsible units.

Greece is ranked 11th, having had scores updated for the capacity of cyber threat analysis and information as well as for participation in an international cyber crisis exercise. The information about Greece was provided by the National Cyber Security Authority.

Argentina is up to 58th place after a data review by the Ministry of Modernization. Points were gained for indicators such as cyber security policy coordination format, ratifying the Convention on Cybercrime (Argentina joined the Budapest Convention in 2018), 24/7 point for cybercrime, etc.

Israel is in 24th place after a second public data collection update. Their capacities for cyber threat analysis and information, education and professional development, contribution to global cyber security, as well as incident and cyber crisis managament are now better reflected in the index.

Norway is currently ranked 31st. In the latest dataset we have taken into account the recent publishing of the new national cyber security strategy and its implementation plan.

Brazil gained more than 30 places and moved 51st in the ranking after an update, which added information about Brazil's cyber security capacity-building for other countries, identification of operators of essential services, fighting against cybercrime, participation in cyber crisis management exercises, etc.

18 Feb 2019

NCSI version 2.1 released, changes in ranking

The NCSI team has specified the wordings of some indicator criteria, resulting in changes in the index ranking.

The changes are the following:

Indicator 5.3:

• Previous wording: "The government has a competent authority that has the power to supervise digital service providers."
• New wording: "The government has a competent authority in the field of cyber/information security that has the power to supervise public and private digital service providers regarding the implementation of cyber/information security requirements."

Indicator 7.2:

• Previous wording: "Requirements for cryptosystems are regulated."
• New wording: "Requirements for cryptosystems in the field of trust services are regulated."

Indicator 9.2:

• The wording: "Digital service providers and operators of essential services have an obligation to notify appointed government authorities of cyber security incidents." has remained unchanged. However, we previously focused on digital service providers in the public sector, but now focus on digital service providers in both the public and the private sector.

The changes in the wording affected the scores of the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Qatar, Tajikistan, the United States, and Uzbekistan

4 Jan 2019

El Salvador included in the index

Data on the cyber security situation of El Salvador is now available in the index.

El Salvador places 101th in the rankings, with good scores for their capacities of e-identification and trust services, education and professional development, and fight against cybercrime.

The data was gathered through public data collection and checked by NCSI experts.

19 Dec 2018

Datasets updated for many countries

Many countries have raised in the rankings in the past weeks, as our contributors have provided new data to the index. For European countries, the changes have been very much related to the transposing of the European Union directive on security of networks and information systems.

The countries who have gone through the highest raise in the NCSI ranking are:

• Slovenia (+19 places)
• Cyprus (+18 places)
• Aserbaijan (+17 places)
• Malta (+12 places)
• Italy (+10 places)
• Australia (+8 places)
• New Zealand (+6 places)
• Bangladesh (+5 places)
• Czech Republic (+2 places)

New data is also available for Estonia and Latvia, which did not influence their ranking in the index.

We thank all our contributors for their efforts.

18 Dec 2018

Data on Guatemala and Venezuela now available

Data on the cyber security situation of Guatemala and Venezuela is now available in the index.

Guatemala placed 82nd in the rankings, with with good scores for their capacities of e-identification and trust services and fight against cybercrime, and scoring in five further capacities.

Venezuela entered the index in 76th place, with good scores for their capacity of e-identification and trust services, fight against cybercrime, and cyber incidents response, but with positive scores in five other capacities as well.

All data was gathered through public data collection and checked by NCSI experts.

4 Dec 2018

Nicaragua added to the index

Data on the cyber security situation of Nicaragua is now available in the index.

Nicaragua placed 93rd in the rankings, with a perfect score for their capacity to protect personal data, a good score for e-identification and trust services, and positive scores in four further capacities.

The data was gathered through public data collection and checked by NCSI experts.

26 Nov 2018

Data on Ecuador and Chad published

Data on the cyber security situation of Ecuador and Chad is now available in the index.

Ecuador places 75th in the rankings, with good scores for their capacities of e-identification and trust services, military cyber operations, and cyber incidents response.

Chad enters the index in 101st place, scoring in four strategic capacities, with their best performances in the field of personal data protection as well as e-identification and trust services.

All data was gathered through public data collection and checked by NCSI experts.