Illustrative image (Source: VNA)According to the report, Vietnam ranked seventh inAsia-Pacific region and fourth among ASEAN countries in the field.
The country posted a score of 94.59 with improvement ofscores in all five reviewed pillars. The country’s efforts in buildinglong-term development projects in personnel for cybersecurity were recognised,along with the achievements in the creating of an ecosystem for safe “Made inVietnam” products and cybersecurity.
Under the ranking, Vietnam surpassed Thailand to clinch the fourth position inthe ASEAN after Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Leading countries in the Asia-Pacific regions are theRepublic of Korea and Japan both with 98.52 points.
The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) is an initiative of theInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency forICTs. It was first launched in 2015 by the ITU to measure thecommitment of 193 ITU Member States and the State of Palestine to cybersecurityto help them identify areas of improvement and encourage countries to takeaction, through raising awareness on the state of cybersecurity worldwide.
This report aims to better understand countries’ commitmentsto cybersecurity, identify gaps, encourage the incorporation of good practices,and provide useful insights for countries to improve their cybersecuritypostures./.
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