Balanced E-Government security framework: An integrated approach to protect information and application

Utilization of Information and Communication Technology in government sector or E-Government has become an important part. Almost all activities and process in government are/have been supported by Information and Communication Technology. In fact, E-Government not only contributes positively, but also generates threats to the country if not properly managed. The government agency needs control of security to protect their critical asset and information, but controls of security for E-Government sometimes require high cost or obstruct productivity. Therefore, it is necessary to find out how to protect E-Government with proportional level of protection or balanced. This paper is a conceptual research about E-Government security framework. This framework consists of multi-layer components. The main aim of this framework is to ensure that all E-Government services and process are secured with proportional level of protection.