This is the first book that uses cyber-vulnerability data to explore the
vulnerability of over four million machines per year, covering a
two-year period as reported by Symantec. Analyzing more than 20 billion
telemetry reports comprising malware and binary reputation reports, this
book quantifies the cyber-vulnerability of 44 countries for which at
least 500 hosts were monitored.
Chapters explain the context for this data and its impact, along with
explaining how the cyber-vulnerability is calculated. This book also
contains a detailed summary of the cyber-vulnerability of dozens of
nations according to the percentage of infected hosts and number of
infections. It identifies relationships between piracy rates, GDP and
other country indicators. The book contains detailed information about
potential cyber-security policies that 44 countries have announced, as
well as an analysis of gaps in cyber-security policies in general.
The Global Cyber-Vulnerability Report targets researchers and
professionals including government and military workers, policy-makers
and law-makers working in cybersecurity or the web intelligence fields.
Advanced-level students in computer science will also find this report
valuable as a reference.