The United States has in itself one of the largest frameworks but it is not the best, now let’s see how it compares to other countries. Comparitech recently published a study on 60 countries covering which have the best and worst state of cyber security. It discovered huge variances across a number of categories, from malware rates to cyber security-related legislation. No single country was found to be best across all categories, but overall, the U.S. was ranked fifth most secure, behind Japan, France, Canada and Denmark. The results for the least safe country in these seven categories are: Bangladesh with the most malware infections at 35.91% of users, Germany with the most financial malware attacks at 3% of users, Algeria with the most computer malware infections at 32.41% of users, China with the most telnet attacks at 27.15%, Uzbekistan with the most attacks by crypto miners at 14.23% of users, Vietnam with the least preparedness for cyber attacks, and Algeria with the worst legislation for cyber security. The best-prepared countries for cyberattacks category used the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index scoring, while the legislation scoring was based on existing or draft legislation covering commerce, content, crime, critical infrastructure, military, national strategy and privacy. Every country that had legislation in a category got a point, with half a point for draft legislation. In each category, countries were given points based upon where they ranked between highest and lowest, with the averages across all seven categories used to determine the final placings. The U.S. is, obviously, a very high-profile cyber-target. The United States stands as the top country which was hit by notorious traffic related to web applications. The percentage is 66% followed by Brazil & Germany with 5% and the United Kingdom at 3%. According to the report, Finland is the least exposed country to cybercrimes, followed by Denmark, Luxembourg, Australia, and Estonia.
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