E-Government Security

Information security in e-government in public administration in Kenya has not been adequately addressed. This book presents a model based on the widely accepted ISACA's Business Model for Information Security and ISO/IEC 17799 Information Security Management Standard Model. In order to develop the Information Security Management Model for Public Administration in Kenya, a questionnaire was used to gather data on e-government security, access control mechanisms used, presence of ICT policies, customers served, age and Internet use from 77 Public Administration employees from 24 Kenya Government ministries and agencies taking training programmes at Kenya Institute of Administration in August, 2009. The preliminary findings indicate that e-government services are not secure. This study suggests that a combination of age of Public Administration employees and presence of computer/ICT use policy can be used to enhance information security in Public Administration in Kenya. This study recommends further research on the contents and comprehensiveness of the ICT/Computer use policies currently existing within the Public Administration in Kenya.