Cybersecurity threats are a part of every country’s economy in some form or another. In some countries, they are more vulnerable than others, due to the nature of what that company has to offer to the world. The United States of America is always a constant target for cyber attacks. This is because we are a rapidly growing and developing country. New technologies are constantly being improved upon and new systems and pieces of equipment are being developed. Additionally, the United States relies heavily on the usage of the internet to store information via a virtual cloud, instead of the old fashioned way of flash drives. With all types of information being stored in this virtual cloud, it becomes a huge target for hackers to try and obtain sensitive data and information. With that being said, it is a fair assumption that the United States alone has the highest rate when it comes to cyber related attacks, thus making the risk level fairly high. From looking at other countries and their cyber attack risk levels, it was difficult to find concrete evidence that these other countries were being targeted and attacked in the same manner and frequency as the United States. My initial research was showing that instead of being a potential target, these countries are the ones trying to attack and exploit systems and information from other countries. One country that I found to have a high cyber risk rate was China (“Cybercrime in China, 2018”). This was quite shocking to me because China has such a strict government that it would be hard to commit crimes there but then again authorities are actively checking people and what they possess, not necessarily what is being done on their devices. The most perceived risk here is cyber attacks related to money.

Source: https://intranet.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/832782/AIG_Cyber_Crime_in_China.pdf