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    Does high e-government adoption assure stronger security? A cross-country analysis of Australia and Thailand.

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    Authors
    Thompson, Nik
    Mullins, Antony
    Chongsutakawewong, Thanavit
    Date
    2019
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Thompson, N. and Mullins, A. and Chongsutakawewong, T. 2019. Does high e-government adoption assure stronger security? A cross-country analysis of Australia and Thailand. Government Information Quarterly. 37 (1): Article No. 101408.
    Source Title
    Government Information Quarterly
    DOI
    10.1016/j.giq.2019.101408
    Additional URLs
    https://www.journals.elsevier.com/government-information-quarterly
    ISSN
    0740-624X
    Faculty
    Faculty of Business and Law
    School
    School of Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79992
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We present the first comprehensive audit and comparison of e-government website security in two countries. Australia was selected for its high level of e-government adoption, while Thailand was selected in contrast as a developing nation. Through our audit of 800 pages across 40 websites, we reveal numerous security vulnerabilities suggesting that the high adopters of e-government may not always be providing better protection to their citizens. Alarmingly, the most basic web security measure, the use of Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure encryption was only used in half of Australian and one-third of Thai sites. Our methodology included content analysis of policies and encryption, followed by security vulnerability testing, to provide the first baseline data on these two countries. Statistical analysis suggests that far from being the benchmark for security, Australian e-government sites do not significantly differ from Thai sites in their vulnerability level. The implications of these findings are examined, and recommendations are made for practice. It is hoped that these insights into the current state of security provide a needed stimulus to focus more on the practical information security aspects of e-government.

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