E-Government and Cyber Security: The Role of Cyber Security Exercises

e-Government operations are increasing with citizen demand for timely and cost effective services. Security associated with individual systems is similar to many e-commerce solutions. The span of control of e-government and its impact across a community defines a system that is more than a sum of just single systems. To test security issues across the entire system requires a new method of analysis, a community based cyber security exercise. Results from recent community based exercises have provided insight into opportunities for improvement and has demonstrated the value of these events.