Current Situation Analysis of Information Security Level in Municipalities

• Municipalities manage a significant part of society's services, and hence also handle a vast amount of information. A municipality's activities include managing a significant part of society's services, and the municipality's supply and management of information are, therefore, critical for society in general, but also for achieving the municipality's own operational goals. However, investigations show weaknesses in the municipalities' work on information security, and there is a need to study and identify the current level of security. This paper presents the result from a GAP analysis mapping the Swedish municipalities current situation for systematic information security work, based on the demands made on municipalities from both research and social perspectives. The result shows that the information security level regarding systematic security work is generally low and that there is a need for adapted tools for Information Security Management Systems in order to support municipalities.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

INF303 Informationssäkerhet

INF303 Information Security

Information Systems

Informationssystem (IS)

Publikations- och innehållstyp

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