A Holistic Approach for Providing Security Solutions in e-Government

E-Government is now in a stage where effective and secure online transaction services have to be provided. Yet, initial security are primarily technical. Many technical concepts and tools have been developed in the scope of e-Commerce. Applying these to the scope of eGovernment need careful investigations. Security aspects do not, however, concern technical aspects only. The particular security needs of e-Government must be established from a non-technical viewpoint as well, and differentiated from the scope of e-Commerce. This presents a unique challenge regarding processes, judicial factors and strategies. In this contribution, we suggest a holistic concept that integrates security aspects from the strategic level down to the data and information level in order to address different security aspects in a comprehensive way.