Title :
E-Government web services and security of Personally Identifiable Information in developing nations a case of some Nigerian embassies
Author :
Adedayo, Love ; Butakov, Sergey ; Ruhl, Ron ; Lindskog, Dale
Author_Institution :
Inf. Syst. Security Manage., Concordia Univ. Coll. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
This paper examines the processing of PII data in e-Government web services in developing nations using the case study of some Nigerian embassies. It presents a secured framework intended for protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data in e-Government web services in developing nations where such do not already exist. The framework is based on OW ASP ASVS security requirement for data protection in web environment and this was used as a basis of assessment for the respective website by analysing the security of the web portal used in processing citizens´ registration data through a non-invasive web sites analysis method.
Keywords :
Web services; Web sites; government data processing; portals; security of data; Nigerian embassies; OW ASP ASVS security requirement; PII data processing; Web environment; Web portal security; citizen registration data; data protection; developing nations; e-government Web services; electronic government; information security; noninvasive Web sites analysis method; personally identifiable information; secured framework; Electronic government; Europe; NIST; Certificate Authority (CA); Cybercrimes; G2C; Identity Theft; OWASP; PII; Secure Socket Layer (SSL);
Conference_Titel :
Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), 2013 8th International Conference for
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1109/ICITST.2013.6750278
