Australia shoots up in cyber security rankings

A new global comparison of cyber security defences may have placed Australia as the world’s 15th most-secure country, but experts warn against complacence as data breaches hit record highs and attacks continue to ravage companies whose leaders still don’t understand security.

Australia rose 12 positions in the latest Comparitech ranking, which evaluated 76 countries’ susceptibility to security compromises against a number of factors.

The overall score of 13.95 was an appreciable improvement over the previous year’s 16.34 (lower scores are better) but still well behind top-ranked Denmark (6.72), runners-up Sweden (8.40) and Germany (9.39), and even eighth-ranked UK (10.64)

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