Cyber offenses and crime is a worldwide issue and as such countries around the world are working just as hard as the United States to make strides in the field and protect their industrial and civic systems and data. As an American it is easy to understand the potential risks to American systems but how would other countries fair? It is important to understand that the United States is classified as a first world country which is characterized as being developed with better access to technology and online security. But how do lesser developed countries fare in comparison? I believe a smaller country with smaller funding in terms of cybersecurity would be a country that had one of the biggest cyber attacks occur within it, the Philippines. In the world of cybersecurity the Philippines is well known for the ILOVEYOU virus which had been a computer worm that affected both the United States and Philippines at the same time. The attack had been much more detrimental to the Philippines than the United States as security measures had been much more intensive in American systems then that of the Philippines.  Firstly, the funding for cybersecurity engineers in the Philippines would be much lower as compared to the United States, this would obviously be a problem due to the fact that if no one is even present to catch and isolate attacks the damage could be irreversible. Another such problem could be that of computer infrastructure security which could be lacking in the Philippines, whereas the United States may have armed guards and separate buildings to house and protect servers many Filipino servers may be held in house leading to the risk of physical attack from workers. Lastly, the fact that the Philippines has less laws regarding the prosecution of cyber criminals as compared to the United States may allow for more crimes as criminals may be able to pull attacks and not be charged as harshly as the United States.