India in Tier 3 as cyberpower

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 28, Jun 2021

Report by International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• India’s offensive cyber capability is “Pakistan-focused” and “regionally effective”, and not tuned towards China
• A country’s cyber capabilities have been assessed in seven categories:

1. Strategy and doctrine
2. Governance
3. Command and control
4. Core cyber-intelligence capability
5. Cyber empowerment and dependence
6. Cyber security and resilience
7. Global leadership in cyberspace affairs and offensive cyber capability.

• Tier-I (World-leading strengths across “all” categories) countries: Only USA
• Tier-II (World-leading strengths in “some” categories) countries: Australia, Canada, China, France, Israel, Russia and the United Kingdom
• Tier-III (Strengths or potential strengths in some of these categories but “significant weaknesses” in others) countries: India, Japan, Iran, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and North Korea.