Measuring progress towards the cybersecurity commitment of Member States globally is a complex task which entails striking a balance between different dimensions of cybersecurity experiences in different countries. The GCI brings together 25 indicators concerned with legislative measures, technical mechanisms, organizational structures, capacity building activities and cooperative arrangements into a composite index that reflects high levels of diversity and complexity. To have more effectiveness in promoting awareness of ICT development and trends, the success of this extensive data-gathering effort depends heavily on the response rate to the questionnaire. Accordingly, ITU calls upon all Member States, industry stakeholders, academia, NGOs and all interested individuals to actively take part in the GCI exercises. The future GCI survey will offer more opportunities for open consultation with ITU Member States and relevant stakeholders and will be an exercise with results reported at various forums such as ITU-D Study Group Meeting and the WSIS Forum. The goal of this initiative is to help foster a global culture of cybersecurity and to ensure its integration at the core of ICT developments.

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