Municipal E-Government Security: Insights from a Study of Orange County, California

An ample amount of evidence is available discussing the barriers to e-government adoption and initiatives. Of the many barriers or challenges mentioned, security concerns are a recurring theme. However, the majority of exiting e-government research does not focus or discuss security considerations for e-government systems. This is even more notorious when looking specifically at literature focused on municipal or local e-government. This paper focuses on bringing additional attention to e-government security in municipal government agencies. To accomplish this, the paper presents the findings from a survey conducted of the 34 incorporated cities within the county of Orange, California. The results show an increased need for e-government security at the municipal government level when benchmarked against federal e-government security requirements.