Ranking National Cyber Power

mood · Sep 12, 2020

Ranking National Cyber Power
September 11, 2020
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/09/ranking-national-cyber-power.html

Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center published the “National Cyber Power Index 2020: Methodology and Analytical Considerations.” The rankings: 1. US, 2. China, 3. UK, 4. Russia, 5. Netherlands, 6. France, 7. Germany, 8. Canada, 9. Japan, 10. Australia, 11. Israel. More countries are in the document.

We could — and should — argue about the criteria and the methodology, but it’s good that someone is starting this conversation.
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Executive Summary: The Belfer National Cyber Power Index (NCPI) measures 30 countries’ cyber capabilities in the context of seven national objectives, using 32 intent indicators and 27 capability indicators with evidence collected from publicly available data.

Within the NCPI we measure government strategies, capabilities for defense and offense, resource allocation, the private sector, workforce, and innovation.
Our assessment is both a measurement of proven power and potential, where the final score assumes that the government of that country can wield these capabilities effectively.
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The NCPI has identified seven national objectives that countries pursue using cyber means. The seven objectives are: [...]

In contrast to the broadly held view that cyber power means destroying or disabling an adversary’s infrastructure (commonly referred to as offensive cyber operations), offense is only one of these seven objectives countries pursue using cyber means.
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Report: "National Cyber Power Index 2020 - Methodology and Analytical Considerations"
(PDF - 1.49 MB): https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/NCPI_2020.pdf

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