NCSI being a live index, being continuously updated. As such, any changes in a country’s ranking are due to that specific country’s update or another one’s, that has impacted the former’s position.

Each country page indicates when it was last updated. See the example of the screenshot:

The NCSI is an index that is based on publicly available information. In the event that an indicator has evidence, but it is not available publicly, no points are awarded to the indicator.

Thanks for notifying us of the broken links. While we cannot guarantee the content or status of third-party links, we attempt to keep evidence up to date as best we can.

While our team wishes you a safe and secure trip, the NCSI does not, in any way or capacity, serve as a travel advisory website.

The NCSI is a live index, in the sense that it is continuously being updated and has no yearly editions. However, since the NCSI links to third party websites and information, the NCSI and eGA are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of third-party website information.

The data-gathering process is pretty straightforward. Either our team or country contributors try to find publicly available evidence online that matches each of the indicator’s criteria and accepted evidence.

Each country expressly indicates when their last update was.

All data that becomes evidence for an indicator must be publicly available, i.e. present on a website that can be easily accessed by anyone. While geolocked websites are not recommended, they are still accepted case-by-case. However, data presented in cloud storage services (e.g. Sharepoint, One Drive, Google Drive, etc.) are not accepted due to their inherent risk.

That is correct. As presented in the GCI 2024 report itself "One of the key changes made in this edition is a shift from ranking countries to using a five-level tier for viewing countries' cybersecurity commitments." Additionally, "The tier-based model has been set for overall scores." Therefore, these overall scores where published in our website. The countries were then ordered in an descending manner following these scores, to come up with the corresponding rank.
Please be advised "...that alternative ways of comparing countries are not endorsed by ITU." As such, this is an alternative way of presenting the information to ensure a level of comparability between the GCI and the NCSI, calculated by eGA and not endorsed by the ITU.
For the official information regarding the GCI 2024 please visit: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity/pages/global-cybersecurity-index.aspx

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The NCSI was launched on 21.05.2016.

Version 1.0 of the NCSI methodology was active from 05.2016 to 01.2018. Version 2.0 was active from 01.2018 until 02.2019. From 02.2019 until 09.2023, version 2.1 was active. From 12.2023, version 3.0 is active.
Version 2.0 revamped the Index’ indicators. Version 2.1 only adjusted the wording of the criteria of some Indicators of the Index (but did not modify the Index methodology itself). Version 3.0 updated once more the indicators, their order, weight and criteria.