Panama — Cyber Threat Profile

Panama's cybersecurity environment is influenced by its role as a global logistics and financial transit hub. National cyber priorities focus on protecting banking systems, maritime infrastructure, and government services. Institutional governance structures exist but remain capacity constrained. Threat exposure includes financial cybercrime, ransomware, and intrusion activity targeting logistics and trade platforms. International cooperation and regional partnerships support incident response development, though enforcement and workforce limitations continue to affect operational cyber resilience.

National CERT/CSIRT: CSIRT Panama
Data protection authority: Autoridad Nacional de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información, Directorate for PPD (source: CNIL)
World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 0.45 / 100, #49 worldwide
Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 2,234.5 (source: World Bank)
Internet users (2024): 72.8% of population (source: World Bank)

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