Iceland among the best countries in the field of cyber security

Iceland's cyber security capacity has increased dramatically in recent years according to the International Telecommunication Union's newly published cyber security index for 2024.

This is stated in an announcement on the Government Cabinet's website.

Five areas are measured that pertain to the country's cyber security, and Iceland received 99.1 points out of a possible 100. In the last assessment, carried out in 2020, Iceland received 79.8 points.

"This is an amazing achievement"

"This is an amazing result that we are extremely proud of. Among other things, we are now reaping the benefits of systematically working on a cyber security plan that we introduced two years ago, and during that time we have worked closely with a number of parties on what is needed to improve cyber security.

I am very grateful for that cooperation and how much ambition our partners have shown in improving what concerns them," Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, who is also in charge of electronic communications and internet security, is quoted as saying.

Iceland ranks 10th among European nations

Iceland is currently ranked 10th among European nations in the field of cyber security, but was ranked 31st in 2020.

"Iceland is now in the highest category, the so-called exemplary category, and is therefore considered among the top 10% of the 194 countries included in the assessment," is reported in the announcement.