Abstract
An effective strategy for managing the national information security with capabilities to resist information threats significantly impacts its further development. This study aims to assess the level of threat to the information security of countries based on the integral index. It is proposed to use five indicators characterizing individual areas of information security and 37 world development indicators, selected from the World Bank database. Correlation analysis selected 12 out of 37 development indicators relevant to security indicators for which the correlation coefficient exceeded 0.5 or –0.5. The Harrington-Mencher function is proposed to determine the information security threat index. Nonlinear normalization was carried out to bring the initial data to a comparable measurement. Canonical analysis was performed to determine the indicator weights. The data from 159 countries were taken for 2018 to assess the index. The result was presented on the map showing countries’ distribution by the information security threat index, thus forming five groups. The group with a “very well” resistance to threats includes economically developed countries with a high level of information security. The “well” group was formed by new industrial and developing countries with economic potential sufficient to prevent information threats and combat their consequences. The information security level in developing countries, where the results of overcoming information threats will affect the economic sphere, is defined as “acceptable”. Countries with a low level of development and information security formed groups designated as “bad” and “very bad”, which indicates a high level of threats to their information security. AcknowledgmentThis work is carried out with in the tax payer – funded researches: No. 0118U003574 “Cybersecurity in the banking fraud enforcement: protection of financial service consumers and the financial and economic security growth in Ukraine”.
Highlights
No sphere of human activity is carried out without digital and computer technologies, caused by the critical growth of information that requires processing, analysis, and effective use
This study aims to assess the level of threat to the information security of countries based on the integral index
Gral indicator of the threat to national information security was consistently implemented for the se- “Canonical R” column in Table 3 shows a strong lected empirical data
Summary
No sphere of human activity is carried out without digital and computer technologies, caused by the critical growth of information that requires processing, analysis, and effective use. This can lead to information wars, cyber-terrorist operations to steal classified information, the disclosure of personal data of clients of companies, banks, etc. As a result, such actions can violate the balance of social attitudes in society, the balance of political forces, can lead to financial losses for large companies, change the attitude of international funds, organizations, and investors towards cooperation with such countries. There is a decrease in government administration efficiency, which leads to the inhibition of its development. The consequences of information wars, cyber terrorism, massive hacker attacks, and other threats can affect the country as a whole and an individual or a company.
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