In the field of cyber security, Bangladesh is amongst the role models
When the country's ICT sector is plunged into a crisis of instability and lack of confidence, there is a piece of good news. And this good news came in the international index of cyber security of the country. Bangladesh is among the top 10 percent of cyber secure countries in the world. Role models also have different meanings for indicators.
The information was revealed in the fifth edition of the Global Cyber Security Index 2024 report published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Thursday. According to the report , there are 36 other countries with Bangladesh like Australia, Italy, Estonia, France, Germany, Finland, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Japan and Saudi Arabia.
According to the index, Bangladesh scored 95 out of 100 marks. Got full marks in three out of five categories. These include technical capabilities, organizational skills, and collaboration and coordination. Among the remaining two categories, Bangladesh scored 19.52 out of 20 in capacity development and 17.44 in legal action.
In Bangladesh, BGD e-Gov CIRT takes care of this cyber security issue. Due to the efforts of the CIRT team, Bangladesh has moved from the middle position to the top of the ITU GCI Report 2024 fifth edition. At the beginning of this report, the representatives of each country have been named as focal points for the development of such positions. Here came the name of Tarek Barkat Ullah from Bangladesh. But he is now on retirement. Bangladesh Computer Council Manager (IBM) Fakhar Uddin Al Helal is now in that position.
