Secure e-government services: A comparative analysis of e-government maturity models for the developing regions - The need for security services

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Karokola, Geoffrey ^a   Yngström, Louise ^a   Kowalski, Stewart ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developing Regions; E Government; E Government Maturity Model; Information Security; Security Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860519899     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2012010101     Document Type: Article

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