This paper presents an empirical study of the social and cultural aspects of cybersecurity capacity building in 78 nations. While nations within geographically defined regions might be expected to share similar attitudes, values, and practices around cybersecurity, this analysis finds that regional differences can be explained largely by cross-national differences in development and the scale of Internet use. These results question the centrality of regions in shaping social and cultural attributes directly tied to cybersecurity capacity. However, the analysis identifies some countries with greater and some with lesser levels of maturity in capacity building than expected only on the basis of their development and scale of Internet use. Further research focused on the dynamics of under- and over-performance of different nations might illuminate where regional contexts could place a brake on, or provide an impetus for, under- or over-performance in cybersecurity capacity building. That said, national development and the scale of Internet use are the most explanatory of cultural attitudes, values, and practices of societies tied to cybersecurity, such as trust on the Internet.

本文对 78 个国家的网络安全能力建设的社会和文化方面进行了实证研究。虽然在特定地理区域内的国家可能会在网络安全方面分享相似的态度、价值观和实践，但该分析发现，区域差异主要可以通过跨国发展差异和互联网使用规模来解释。这些结果质疑区域在塑造与网络安全能力直接相关的社会和文化属性方面的中心地位。然而，该分析仅根据互联网使用的发展和规模确定了一些国家在能力建设方面的成熟度高于预期，而另一些则低于预期。进一步研究关注不同国家表现不佳和过度表现的动态，可能会阐明区域环境可能会在哪些地方阻碍或推动网络安全能力建设表现不佳或过度表现。也就是说，国家发展和互联网使用规模是与网络安全相关的社会文化态度、价值观和实践（例如对互联网的信任）最能说明问题的因素。