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India is ranked 10th in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations (UN) agency for information and communication technologies (ICT).

“India has been ranked 10th best country in the world in the latest Global Cybersecurity Index by the ITU. We are amongst the global superpowers in cybersecurity,” said Dr. Rajendra Kumar, additional secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

“In a big leap, India jumps 37 places to be ranked 10th in Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020 launched by ITU,” Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Geneva, tweeted earlier on June 29. The Indian mission also said that the country was the fourth among Asia-Pacific nations and said that the rankings demonstrated India’s success and commitment to cybersecurity.

“The country’s commitment was assessed through a question-based online survey, which further allowed for the collection of supporting evidence along these pillars – (i) legal, (ii) technical, (iii) organizational, (iv) capacity development, and (v) cooperation. Through consultation with a group of experts, these questions were weighted in order to arrive at an overall GCI score,” according to the ITU.

India scored 97.5 in GCI, the ITU report showed. The US was ranked first with a score of 100 and the UK and Saudi Arabia shared the second rank with a score of 99.54 each. Estonia followed closely at third rank with a global score of 99.48.

While the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Singapore and Spain scored 98.52 each and shared the fourth position, Russia, UAE and Malaysia tied for fifth place with a score of 98.06. Lithuania, Japan, Canada and France followed in subsequent positions in the list.

Among other nations, Turkey (score – 97.49) was ranked 11, Germany (score – 97.41) was ranked 13, China (score – 92.53) ranked 33 and Israel (score – 90.93) was ranked 36.