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A Brief Overview of E-Government Security

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Proceedings of International Conference on Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCCT 2023)

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E-government is a complex phenomenon that involves e-data and e-exchange. The security of e-government functions is one of the fundamental priorities of a country or region, and the highest importance is given to securing e-government sites because they contain sensitive, private, and confidential information. This paper provides a general overview of the most critical aspects of e-government security. It defines the term “e-government” from various perspectives and discusses the most important issues affecting security. We begin by defining the concept and goals of e-government security and review the literature on e-government security. We then present the issues that affect e-government security and the security requirements needed to counter these issues. The presentation includes a literature review that discusses the risks identified by global research and shows how modern technology has been used to increase security. Finally, we identify the main challenges threatening e-government security today and summarize the discussion of the most important axes in the security of electronic government transactions.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Taibah University, Medina, 30001, Saudi Arabia

    Ebtesam Jaber Aljohani, Hanan Muqbil Almukhalfi & Omar H. Alhazmi

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Aljohani, E.J., Almukhalfi, H.M., Alhazmi, O.H. (2023). A Brief Overview of E-Government Security. In: Kumar, S., Hiranwal, S., Purohit, S., Prasad, M. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Communication and Computational Technologies. ICCCT 2023. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3485-0_2

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