Opportunities and threats: A security assessment of state e-government websites

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Zhao, Jensen J ^a   Zhao, Sherry Y ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer network systems; Cyber intrusion; E government; Hacker attack; IP address; NAT; PAT; Port 443 tcp; Port 80 tcp; Security; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549093057     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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