Why Is Latin America So Vulnerable to Cyberattacks? We Ran the Numbers.

This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on cybersecurity

Latin America scores the lowest among world regions in commitment to cybersecurity measures.

The region is very online…

…and governments and services are increasingly digitized.

This connectivity opens multiple fronts for innovation, but also vulnerabilities…

…and the ecosystem keeps evolving.

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Sweigart is an editor at AQ
Quinn is an editorial assistant at AQ

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Emilie Sweigart

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweigart is an editor at Americas Quarterly and a policy manager at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuinn is a new energy reporter at International Business Times UK and a former editorial assistant at AQ

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