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The International Telecommunication Union, the UN’s ICT agency, released its  “Global Cybersecurity Index 2018” (PDF) on 27 March 2019.

The ITU said the index is designed:

“to measure the commitment of ITU member states to cybersecurity in order to raise cybersecurity awareness”

And that:

“The GCI combines 25 indicators into one benchmark measure to monitor the cybersecurity commitment of 194 ITU member states (including the State of Palestine) to the five pillars endorsed by the Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA).”

Luxembourg ranked 7th in the Europe region and 11th globally.

The most “committed countries” overall were the UK, US, France, Lithuania and Estonia. At the bottom of the list were Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 175th placed Maldives.

Global Cybersecurity Index 2018, regional ranking for Europe

Global Cybersecurity Index 2018, regional ranking for Europe, ITU
Graphic: “Global Cybersecurity Index”, International Telecommunication Union