Timor-Leste — Cyber Threat Profile

Timor-Leste is classified in the ITU 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index Building tier, with a critical score of zero in technical measures, reflecting an almost complete absence of deployed cybersecurity technology and processes. Legal measures score modestly at 6.22 following an August 2024 e-commerce legal framework. The national cybersecurity strategy, developed with international assistance, aims to train 1,000 cybersecurity professionals annually, but current qualified workforce coverage sits at approximately 20% of needed roles. The country's first submarine fiber optic cable and a planned 5G transition are dramatically expanding the digital attack surface ahead of defensive capacity.

Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 264.9 (source: World Bank)
Internet users (2021): 35.0% of population (source: World Bank)

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