Turkey's Cybersecurity Efforts: A Comprehensive Review

Strategic Insights -

The Turkish government has been actively working towards enhancing the country's cybersecurity capabilities, and its efforts have yielded significant results. Ulastirma Ve Altyapi Bakani Abdulkadir Uraloglu, in a recent speech at the 18th International Information Security and Cryptology Conference, highlighted the importance of cyber security in the digital age. He emphasized that information is the most valuable asset of the century, and cyber security is the critical element that protects this asset.

Key Takeaways:

  • The National Cyber Security Center of Turkey, in collaboration with 14 sectoral cyber security teams and 2,374 corporate cyber security teams, has been working to improve the country's cyber security capabilities.
  • As of October 2024, a total of 74,594 malicious connections were blocked at the infrastructure level, and 306 security warnings were published and shared with relevant institutions.
  • The center has developed artificial intelligence technology that has identified and blocked 74,205 phishing attempts, and applied IP blocking to 5,021,730 malicious Internet addresses in the last week alone.
  • The center has also developed a web scanner called "AVCI" that can detect 242,133 critical websites in just 7 hours, detecting over 17 million IP addresses.
  • As of October 2024, a total of 182,000 cyber attacks were reported and blocked.
  • Turkey has been ranked as a "Role Model Country" at the international level, achieving a perfect score of 100 in the ITU's 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index.

Statistics:

  • 74,594 malicious connections were blocked at the infrastructure level as of October 2024.
  • 306 security warnings were published and shared with relevant institutions as of October 2024.
  • 74,205 phishing attempts were identified and blocked using artificial intelligence technology.
  • 5,021,730 malicious Internet addresses were blocked in the last week alone.
  • 202,000 cyber attacks were reported and blocked as of October 2024.
  • 242,133 critical websites were scanned in just 7 hours using the AVCI web scanner.
  • 182,000 cyber attacks were reported and blocked as of October 2024.

Sources:

  • 18. Uluslararasi Bilgi Guvenligi Ve Kriptoloji Konferansı (18th International Information Security and Cryptology Conference)
  • Ulastirma Ve Altyapi Bakani Abdulkadir Uraloglu's speech at the conference
  • Usom (National Cyber Security Center of Turkey)
  • ITU's 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index