The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft

Electronic government is the way ahead for Malaysia, embracing the advances of new technologies while targeting more efficiency in delivering its services to the citizens. However, there have been many challenges and threats that stand in the way before achieving e-government advantages to the fulle...

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Main Author: Zulhuda, Sonny
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling iium-272262013-02-22T06:39:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27226/ The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft Zulhuda, Sonny K Law (General) T58.6 Management information systems Electronic government is the way ahead for Malaysia, embracing the advances of new technologies while targeting more efficiency in delivering its services to the citizens. However, there have been many challenges and threats that stand in the way before achieving e-government advantages to the fullest. Among those threats is the problem of information theft, which is an illegal acquisition of information assets in a myriad of modes and methods. This emergence of information theft is an obvious threat to the sustainability and resilience of Malaysian electronic government. It is contended here that in order to succeed in the e-government initiatives, authorities would need to relook at the legal and regulatory framework they currently have at their disposal. Laws need to be reassessed and repositioned to enable its enforceability in the digital environment especially in the context of e-government security. If this aspect fails to be examined and improved, the e-government initiative is likely destined to fail too. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc http://irep.iium.edu.my/27226/1/E-government_%26_Info_Security_print_for_proceedings.pdf Zulhuda, Sonny (2012) The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft. In: 1st Taibah University International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT 2012), 12-14 March 2012, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
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T58.6 Management information systems
Zulhuda, Sonny
The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
description Electronic government is the way ahead for Malaysia, embracing the advances of new technologies while targeting more efficiency in delivering its services to the citizens. However, there have been many challenges and threats that stand in the way before achieving e-government advantages to the fullest. Among those threats is the problem of information theft, which is an illegal acquisition of information assets in a myriad of modes and methods. This emergence of information theft is an obvious threat to the sustainability and resilience of Malaysian electronic government. It is contended here that in order to succeed in the e-government initiatives, authorities would need to relook at the legal and regulatory framework they currently have at their disposal. Laws need to be reassessed and repositioned to enable its enforceability in the digital environment especially in the context of e-government security. If this aspect fails to be examined and improved, the e-government initiative is likely destined to fail too.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zulhuda, Sonny
author_facet Zulhuda, Sonny
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title The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
title_short The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
title_full The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
title_fullStr The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
title_full_unstemmed The state of e-government security in Malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
title_sort state of e-government security in malaysia : reassessing the legal and regulatory framework on the threat of information theft
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/27226/
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