This presentation was presented to raise awareness on eGovernment which is mainly based on the Worldbanks\' eGovernment Handbook for developing countries.
CISA Domain 1 The Process On AUDITING INFORMATION SYSTEMSShivamSharma909
ISACA IS Audit and Assurance Standards, Guidelines, and Tools & Techniques, Code of Professional Ethics & other applicable standard.
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This document outlines the program for Domain 1 of the CISA review course offered by the Suriname College of Accountancy. Domain 1 covers "The Process of Auditing Information Systems" and will be delivered over 8 days. The program details the daily topics to be covered, including the ISACA standards and guidelines for IS auditing, audit planning, risk analysis, internal controls, performing IS audits, and using audit techniques like continuous auditing. Successful completion of all 5 domains and the exam will provide candidates with the CISA certification.
This document provides an overview of Domain 1 of the CISA exam, which covers auditing information systems. It discusses key concepts including:
- Audit planning, which involves understanding the business, environment, prior work, risk analysis, and developing an audit plan.
- Risk analysis, which is part of audit planning and helps identify risks and vulnerabilities to determine necessary controls.
- Internal controls, which are policies and procedures to reduce risks. They can be preventive, detective, or corrective.
- COBIT, a framework from ISACA for governance and management of enterprise IT. It is based on principles and enablers.
- Risk-based auditing approaches audit risk through understanding
CISA Domain 3 - Information Systems Acquisition, Development and ImplementationInfosecTrain
The document discusses key concepts relating to CISA Domain 3 on information systems acquisition, development, and implementation. It covers 14 knowledge statements, including benefits realization practices, project governance mechanisms, requirements analysis and management practices, system development methodologies and tools, and post-implementation review objectives and practices. The document also summarizes important concepts for the exam such as project portfolio management, business case development, benefit realization techniques, project management structure, project communication and culture, and defining project objectives using an object breakdown structure and work breakdown structure.
This document provides an overview of topics covered in a CISA review course, including IT governance, corporate governance, governance of enterprise IT, risk management, information security management practices, auditing IT governance structure and implementation, and business continuity planning. The document defines key concepts, best practices, standards, and approaches for each topic. It also outlines the roles and responsibilities of various committees, policies, procedures, and other elements involved in effectively governing enterprise IT.
The document provides an overview of the CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certification. It discusses that CISA is offered by ISACA and does not require prior qualifications. It also outlines the eligibility requirements including 5 years of work experience, maintenance requirements of 20 CPE hours annually, and details of the 150 question, 4 hour exam including a passing score of 450. The document recommends study materials and strategies for exam preparation.
If an encryption key is lost, then the encrypted data cannot be decrypted and accessed. Without the key, the encrypted data will appear as random characters and be unusable. Proper key management and backup of keys is important to prevent loss of access to encrypted information. Some key management best practices include storing keys in secure locations, limiting access to keys, and having backup or escrow copies of keys in case the primary key is lost.
CISA Domain 1 The Process On AUDITING INFORMATION SYSTEMSShivamSharma909
ISACA IS Audit and Assurance Standards, Guidelines, and Tools & Techniques, Code of Professional Ethics & other applicable standard.
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This document outlines the program for Domain 1 of the CISA review course offered by the Suriname College of Accountancy. Domain 1 covers "The Process of Auditing Information Systems" and will be delivered over 8 days. The program details the daily topics to be covered, including the ISACA standards and guidelines for IS auditing, audit planning, risk analysis, internal controls, performing IS audits, and using audit techniques like continuous auditing. Successful completion of all 5 domains and the exam will provide candidates with the CISA certification.
This document provides an overview of Domain 1 of the CISA exam, which covers auditing information systems. It discusses key concepts including:
- Audit planning, which involves understanding the business, environment, prior work, risk analysis, and developing an audit plan.
- Risk analysis, which is part of audit planning and helps identify risks and vulnerabilities to determine necessary controls.
- Internal controls, which are policies and procedures to reduce risks. They can be preventive, detective, or corrective.
- COBIT, a framework from ISACA for governance and management of enterprise IT. It is based on principles and enablers.
- Risk-based auditing approaches audit risk through understanding
CISA Domain 3 - Information Systems Acquisition, Development and ImplementationInfosecTrain
The document discusses key concepts relating to CISA Domain 3 on information systems acquisition, development, and implementation. It covers 14 knowledge statements, including benefits realization practices, project governance mechanisms, requirements analysis and management practices, system development methodologies and tools, and post-implementation review objectives and practices. The document also summarizes important concepts for the exam such as project portfolio management, business case development, benefit realization techniques, project management structure, project communication and culture, and defining project objectives using an object breakdown structure and work breakdown structure.
This document provides an overview of topics covered in a CISA review course, including IT governance, corporate governance, governance of enterprise IT, risk management, information security management practices, auditing IT governance structure and implementation, and business continuity planning. The document defines key concepts, best practices, standards, and approaches for each topic. It also outlines the roles and responsibilities of various committees, policies, procedures, and other elements involved in effectively governing enterprise IT.
The document provides an overview of the CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certification. It discusses that CISA is offered by ISACA and does not require prior qualifications. It also outlines the eligibility requirements including 5 years of work experience, maintenance requirements of 20 CPE hours annually, and details of the 150 question, 4 hour exam including a passing score of 450. The document recommends study materials and strategies for exam preparation.
If an encryption key is lost, then the encrypted data cannot be decrypted and accessed. Without the key, the encrypted data will appear as random characters and be unusable. Proper key management and backup of keys is important to prevent loss of access to encrypted information. Some key management best practices include storing keys in secure locations, limiting access to keys, and having backup or escrow copies of keys in case the primary key is lost.
The WLS value proposition is:
-Extensive IT business experience and capability
-Demonstrated IT risk and compliance delivery
-Proven commercial experience with practical perspectives
-Low overhead compared to larger service providers results in a more competitive service
-Flexibility in service provision to reflect your business budgetary and resource requirements
COBIT 5 is a framework for IT governance and management. It contains 5 principles and identifies 7 enablers of governance, including principles/policies, processes, organizational structures, culture/ethics, information, infrastructure, and skills. It defines 37 processes within 5 domains: Evaluate-Direct-Monitor, Align-Plan-Organize, Build-Acquire-Implement, Deliver-Service-Support, and Monitor-Evaluate-Assess. COBIT 5 also provides a capability model to assess processes on a scale of 0 to 5.
This document provides an overview of proposed revisions to the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (Code) related to technology. It begins with background on recognizing the transformative effects of technology and the need to address ethics implications. An overview of the revisions is presented, which are informed by prior reports and surveys. Key focus areas of the revisions include enhancing the relevance of the Code for the digital age, addressing competence and skills for technology, and strengthening independence requirements for technology-related services. The revisions are intended to help ensure the Code remains fit for purpose as technologies evolve. Comments on the exposure draft are due by June 20, 2022.
This document provides an overview of project management practices, software development methodologies, and business application systems relevant to IT auditing. It discusses the benefits realization process, portfolio and program management, business case development, and project management structures. Traditional software development lifecycle approaches like waterfall are described along with agile development, prototyping, and rapid application development. Risks in software projects and controls for electronic commerce, EDI, email and banking systems are also summarized.
This chapter discusses IT governance and related topics that will represent approximately 15% of the CISA examination. The key learning objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization's IT governance structure, strategy, policies, risk management, and monitoring practices. Best practices for IT governance include establishing an IT strategy committee, using an IT balanced scorecard to evaluate performance, and ensuring effective information security governance. The chapter also covers IT strategic planning, policies, procedures, risk management, personnel management, sourcing strategies, and outsourcing considerations.
This document provides an overview of chapter 2 from the 2007 CISA review course, which covers IT governance. It discusses key topics like corporate governance, information systems strategy, policies and procedures, risk management, IS management practices, IS organizational structure and responsibilities, and auditing the management, planning and organization of IS. The chapter aims to ensure CISA candidates understand how organizations can provide assurance that proper IT governance structures and processes are in place.
This document provides an overview of the key topics covered in the 2016 CISA Review Course, including IS auditor roles and responsibilities, audit planning, risk analysis, internal controls, performing IS audits, and compliance vs substantive testing. The document outlines ISACA standards and guidelines for IS auditing, and frameworks like COBIT 5 that help achieve governance and management objectives for enterprise IT. Methodologies, techniques, and objectives for risk-based auditing are also summarized.
This document provides an overview of chapter 5 from the CISA review course, which focuses on protecting information assets. It discusses the importance of information security management and outlines key elements like policies, procedures, monitoring and compliance. It also covers logical access exposures and controls, including identification and authentication, authorization issues, and audit logging. The chapter examines network infrastructure security risks for LANs, client-server environments, wireless networks and the internet.
The document provides information on conducting risk assessments and audits. It discusses key aspects of the audit process including establishing an audit charter, planning audits, assessing risks, and evaluating assets, threats, and vulnerabilities. Some key points:
1) An audit charter outlines the audit's scope, responsibilities, objectives, and authority. It requires senior management approval.
2) Developing an audit plan involves understanding the business, assessing risks, setting objectives and scope, and devising an audit strategy. The biggest challenge is matching resources to the plan.
3) Risk assessment identifies assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and safeguards. It values assets, estimates likelihood of threats, and calculates potential losses to inform risk treatment.
Data governance is defined as managing enterprise data from creation to disposal through effective practices. It involves full lifecycle management, data stewardship and responsibility, compliance with laws and policies, and understanding and mitigating risks. Key roles in data governance include data stewards, users, data managers, and owners who work together toward effective data management. Data governance considerations include how data is created, distributed, used, maintained, and disposed of over its lifecycle while balancing technology, people, processes, and policies. Protecting information through governance involves implementing controls, ongoing assessment and improvement, and planning for litigation, breaches, and incidents.
Capability assessment of IT Governance using COBIT 4 Process Assessment Model (PAM). Presented for Information System Department, Universitas Bakrie - Indonesia
This document discusses information systems operations and infrastructure. It covers topics like IT service management, incident and problem management, change management, capacity management, hardware and software components, network architecture, disaster recovery planning, and the role of auditing. The key points are managing IT operations effectively through proper processes, monitoring infrastructure performance, ensuring adequate capacity, and having disaster recovery plans and testing in place.
The document provides an overview of the topics covered in Chapter 4 of the 2007 CISA review course, including information systems operations, hardware, architecture and software, network infrastructure, and auditing. It lists subsections within each of these areas that describe important concepts, components, processes, and issues relevant to managing and auditing IT systems and services.
This document contains an outline for a CISA review course covering topics such as information security management, logical access controls, network security, and auditing frameworks. It includes sections on inventorying and classifying assets, access permissions, privacy issues, risks from external parties, and incident response. Self-assessment questions test on weaknesses like uncontrolled database passwords, the risks of single sign-on, uses of intrusion detection systems, and effective antivirus controls.
The document provides an overview of systems and infrastructure life cycle management processes, including business realization, project management structure, project management practices, business application development, and information systems maintenance practices. It discusses topics like portfolio/program management, the system development life cycle, project planning, and software acquisition. The document is broken into several sections that describe key concepts and processes.
This presentation was originally delivered in three parts at the SharePoint Evolutions conference in London, 15th April 2013. It was designed for a business audience - project leads and decision makers responsible for delivering intranet projects
Implementing an ISO 27001-compliant IT security program has several benefits: it enables benchmarking against competitors, demonstrates due diligence to stakeholders, fosters efficient security management and compliance. The implementation process involves 11 stages: 1) identifying business objectives, 2) obtaining management support, 3) selecting an implementation scope, 4) assessing risks, 5) inventorying and classifying assets, 6) managing risks, 7) establishing policies/procedures, 8) allocating resources and training, 9) monitoring, 10) preparing for audits, and 11) conducting reassessments. True success comes from aligning the program with business objectives and realizing the intended benefits.
This document discusses the risks associated with organizational use of social media and the need to evaluate these risks as part of the audit process. It provides examples of social media risks including malware, data leakage, customer exposure, loss of content rights, and inadequate response to customer expectations. The document also discusses security risks like phishing attacks. It emphasizes that social media policies need to provide clear guidance to employees and be regularly updated. Key questions for organizations to consider include how mobile commerce and social media policies are integrated, monitored, and how information security measures apply to different data sensitivities.
An IT security audit involves independently examining an organization's IT systems, controls, policies and procedures. The document outlines the key steps in an IT audit including planning, testing and reporting. It also discusses defining auditors and their roles, preparing for an audit, and how audits are conducted at the application level to assess controls related to administration, security, disaster recovery and more. The goal of an audit is to evaluate security adequacy and recommend improvements.
IT Architecture’s Role In Solving Technical Debt.pdfAlan McSweeney
Technical debt is an overworked term without an effective and common agreed understanding of what exactly it is, what causes it, what are its consequences, how to assess it and what to do about it.
Technical debt is the sum of additional direct and indirect implementation and operational costs incurred and risks and vulnerabilities created because of sub-optimal solution design and delivery decisions.
Technical debt is the sum of all the consequences of all the circumventions, budget reduction, time pressure, lack of knowledge, manual workarounds, short-cuts, avoidance, poor design and delivery quality and decisions to remove elements from solution scope and failure to provide foundational and backbone solution infrastructure.
Technical debt leads to a negative feedback cycle with short solution lifespan, earlier solution replacement and short-term tactical remedial actions.
All the disciplines within IT architecture have a role to play in promoting an understanding of and in the identification of how to resolve technical debt. IT architecture can provide the leadership in both remediating existing technical debt and preventing future debt.
Failing to take a complete view of the technical debt within the organisation means problems and risks remained unrecognised and unaddressed. The real scope of the problem is substantially underestimated. Technical debt is always much more than poorly written software.
Technical debt can introduce security risks and vulnerabilities into the organisation’s solution landscape. Failure to address technical debt leaves exploitable security risks and vulnerabilities in place.
Shadow IT or ghost IT is a largely unrecognised source of technical debt including security risks and vulnerabilities. Shadow IT is the consequence of a set of reactions by business functions to an actual or perceived inability or unwillingness of the IT function to respond to business needs for IT solutions. Shadow IT is frequently needed to make up for gaps in core business solutions, supplementing incomplete solutions and providing omitted functionality.
This paper examines the optimization of purchasing through the use of Internet based systems (electronic Procurement). The focus of this paper is the impact of these systems on the supply chain structure and how they are able to change the procurement function to a strategic operating resource for the organization. The empirical research information is based upon a study carried out that analyzed the supply chain strategies being adopted by public organizations. Respondents ranged from 100 to state corporations, experienced users of e-procurement systems to those just starting out on their pilot investigations of the contribution of such systems to purchasing efficiency. A significant result from the study was that whilst a large number of organizations were e-procurement adopters, less than half of them believed that procurement had a strategic function. The case of state corporations is used, as an example, illustrating the ability of state organizations with a strategic capability in procurement, achieved through e-procurement systems, gaining significant organizational benefits via cost and process reductions.
The document discusses the upcoming European Commission eGovernment Action Plan for 2016-2020. The action plan will focus on three pillars: 1) Digitalizing public administration with ICT, 2) Enabling cross-border mobility with digital public services, and 3) Facilitating participation in policymaking and co-creation of services. It will implement objectives agreed at the EU level and allow citizens to suggest voluntary actions. A stakeholder consultation platform will crowdsource ideas, apply selection criteria, and monitor implementation of actions using data. The overall goal is to modernize public administration and facilitate interaction between governments and citizens/businesses across Europe.
The WLS value proposition is:
-Extensive IT business experience and capability
-Demonstrated IT risk and compliance delivery
-Proven commercial experience with practical perspectives
-Low overhead compared to larger service providers results in a more competitive service
-Flexibility in service provision to reflect your business budgetary and resource requirements
COBIT 5 is a framework for IT governance and management. It contains 5 principles and identifies 7 enablers of governance, including principles/policies, processes, organizational structures, culture/ethics, information, infrastructure, and skills. It defines 37 processes within 5 domains: Evaluate-Direct-Monitor, Align-Plan-Organize, Build-Acquire-Implement, Deliver-Service-Support, and Monitor-Evaluate-Assess. COBIT 5 also provides a capability model to assess processes on a scale of 0 to 5.
This document provides an overview of proposed revisions to the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (Code) related to technology. It begins with background on recognizing the transformative effects of technology and the need to address ethics implications. An overview of the revisions is presented, which are informed by prior reports and surveys. Key focus areas of the revisions include enhancing the relevance of the Code for the digital age, addressing competence and skills for technology, and strengthening independence requirements for technology-related services. The revisions are intended to help ensure the Code remains fit for purpose as technologies evolve. Comments on the exposure draft are due by June 20, 2022.
This document provides an overview of project management practices, software development methodologies, and business application systems relevant to IT auditing. It discusses the benefits realization process, portfolio and program management, business case development, and project management structures. Traditional software development lifecycle approaches like waterfall are described along with agile development, prototyping, and rapid application development. Risks in software projects and controls for electronic commerce, EDI, email and banking systems are also summarized.
This chapter discusses IT governance and related topics that will represent approximately 15% of the CISA examination. The key learning objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization's IT governance structure, strategy, policies, risk management, and monitoring practices. Best practices for IT governance include establishing an IT strategy committee, using an IT balanced scorecard to evaluate performance, and ensuring effective information security governance. The chapter also covers IT strategic planning, policies, procedures, risk management, personnel management, sourcing strategies, and outsourcing considerations.
This document provides an overview of chapter 2 from the 2007 CISA review course, which covers IT governance. It discusses key topics like corporate governance, information systems strategy, policies and procedures, risk management, IS management practices, IS organizational structure and responsibilities, and auditing the management, planning and organization of IS. The chapter aims to ensure CISA candidates understand how organizations can provide assurance that proper IT governance structures and processes are in place.
This document provides an overview of the key topics covered in the 2016 CISA Review Course, including IS auditor roles and responsibilities, audit planning, risk analysis, internal controls, performing IS audits, and compliance vs substantive testing. The document outlines ISACA standards and guidelines for IS auditing, and frameworks like COBIT 5 that help achieve governance and management objectives for enterprise IT. Methodologies, techniques, and objectives for risk-based auditing are also summarized.
This document provides an overview of chapter 5 from the CISA review course, which focuses on protecting information assets. It discusses the importance of information security management and outlines key elements like policies, procedures, monitoring and compliance. It also covers logical access exposures and controls, including identification and authentication, authorization issues, and audit logging. The chapter examines network infrastructure security risks for LANs, client-server environments, wireless networks and the internet.
The document provides information on conducting risk assessments and audits. It discusses key aspects of the audit process including establishing an audit charter, planning audits, assessing risks, and evaluating assets, threats, and vulnerabilities. Some key points:
1) An audit charter outlines the audit's scope, responsibilities, objectives, and authority. It requires senior management approval.
2) Developing an audit plan involves understanding the business, assessing risks, setting objectives and scope, and devising an audit strategy. The biggest challenge is matching resources to the plan.
3) Risk assessment identifies assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and safeguards. It values assets, estimates likelihood of threats, and calculates potential losses to inform risk treatment.
Data governance is defined as managing enterprise data from creation to disposal through effective practices. It involves full lifecycle management, data stewardship and responsibility, compliance with laws and policies, and understanding and mitigating risks. Key roles in data governance include data stewards, users, data managers, and owners who work together toward effective data management. Data governance considerations include how data is created, distributed, used, maintained, and disposed of over its lifecycle while balancing technology, people, processes, and policies. Protecting information through governance involves implementing controls, ongoing assessment and improvement, and planning for litigation, breaches, and incidents.
Capability assessment of IT Governance using COBIT 4 Process Assessment Model (PAM). Presented for Information System Department, Universitas Bakrie - Indonesia
This document discusses information systems operations and infrastructure. It covers topics like IT service management, incident and problem management, change management, capacity management, hardware and software components, network architecture, disaster recovery planning, and the role of auditing. The key points are managing IT operations effectively through proper processes, monitoring infrastructure performance, ensuring adequate capacity, and having disaster recovery plans and testing in place.
The document provides an overview of the topics covered in Chapter 4 of the 2007 CISA review course, including information systems operations, hardware, architecture and software, network infrastructure, and auditing. It lists subsections within each of these areas that describe important concepts, components, processes, and issues relevant to managing and auditing IT systems and services.
This document contains an outline for a CISA review course covering topics such as information security management, logical access controls, network security, and auditing frameworks. It includes sections on inventorying and classifying assets, access permissions, privacy issues, risks from external parties, and incident response. Self-assessment questions test on weaknesses like uncontrolled database passwords, the risks of single sign-on, uses of intrusion detection systems, and effective antivirus controls.
The document provides an overview of systems and infrastructure life cycle management processes, including business realization, project management structure, project management practices, business application development, and information systems maintenance practices. It discusses topics like portfolio/program management, the system development life cycle, project planning, and software acquisition. The document is broken into several sections that describe key concepts and processes.
This presentation was originally delivered in three parts at the SharePoint Evolutions conference in London, 15th April 2013. It was designed for a business audience - project leads and decision makers responsible for delivering intranet projects
Implementing an ISO 27001-compliant IT security program has several benefits: it enables benchmarking against competitors, demonstrates due diligence to stakeholders, fosters efficient security management and compliance. The implementation process involves 11 stages: 1) identifying business objectives, 2) obtaining management support, 3) selecting an implementation scope, 4) assessing risks, 5) inventorying and classifying assets, 6) managing risks, 7) establishing policies/procedures, 8) allocating resources and training, 9) monitoring, 10) preparing for audits, and 11) conducting reassessments. True success comes from aligning the program with business objectives and realizing the intended benefits.
This document discusses the risks associated with organizational use of social media and the need to evaluate these risks as part of the audit process. It provides examples of social media risks including malware, data leakage, customer exposure, loss of content rights, and inadequate response to customer expectations. The document also discusses security risks like phishing attacks. It emphasizes that social media policies need to provide clear guidance to employees and be regularly updated. Key questions for organizations to consider include how mobile commerce and social media policies are integrated, monitored, and how information security measures apply to different data sensitivities.
An IT security audit involves independently examining an organization's IT systems, controls, policies and procedures. The document outlines the key steps in an IT audit including planning, testing and reporting. It also discusses defining auditors and their roles, preparing for an audit, and how audits are conducted at the application level to assess controls related to administration, security, disaster recovery and more. The goal of an audit is to evaluate security adequacy and recommend improvements.
IT Architecture’s Role In Solving Technical Debt.pdfAlan McSweeney
Technical debt is an overworked term without an effective and common agreed understanding of what exactly it is, what causes it, what are its consequences, how to assess it and what to do about it.
Technical debt is the sum of additional direct and indirect implementation and operational costs incurred and risks and vulnerabilities created because of sub-optimal solution design and delivery decisions.
Technical debt is the sum of all the consequences of all the circumventions, budget reduction, time pressure, lack of knowledge, manual workarounds, short-cuts, avoidance, poor design and delivery quality and decisions to remove elements from solution scope and failure to provide foundational and backbone solution infrastructure.
Technical debt leads to a negative feedback cycle with short solution lifespan, earlier solution replacement and short-term tactical remedial actions.
All the disciplines within IT architecture have a role to play in promoting an understanding of and in the identification of how to resolve technical debt. IT architecture can provide the leadership in both remediating existing technical debt and preventing future debt.
Failing to take a complete view of the technical debt within the organisation means problems and risks remained unrecognised and unaddressed. The real scope of the problem is substantially underestimated. Technical debt is always much more than poorly written software.
Technical debt can introduce security risks and vulnerabilities into the organisation’s solution landscape. Failure to address technical debt leaves exploitable security risks and vulnerabilities in place.
Shadow IT or ghost IT is a largely unrecognised source of technical debt including security risks and vulnerabilities. Shadow IT is the consequence of a set of reactions by business functions to an actual or perceived inability or unwillingness of the IT function to respond to business needs for IT solutions. Shadow IT is frequently needed to make up for gaps in core business solutions, supplementing incomplete solutions and providing omitted functionality.
This paper examines the optimization of purchasing through the use of Internet based systems (electronic Procurement). The focus of this paper is the impact of these systems on the supply chain structure and how they are able to change the procurement function to a strategic operating resource for the organization. The empirical research information is based upon a study carried out that analyzed the supply chain strategies being adopted by public organizations. Respondents ranged from 100 to state corporations, experienced users of e-procurement systems to those just starting out on their pilot investigations of the contribution of such systems to purchasing efficiency. A significant result from the study was that whilst a large number of organizations were e-procurement adopters, less than half of them believed that procurement had a strategic function. The case of state corporations is used, as an example, illustrating the ability of state organizations with a strategic capability in procurement, achieved through e-procurement systems, gaining significant organizational benefits via cost and process reductions.
The document discusses the upcoming European Commission eGovernment Action Plan for 2016-2020. The action plan will focus on three pillars: 1) Digitalizing public administration with ICT, 2) Enabling cross-border mobility with digital public services, and 3) Facilitating participation in policymaking and co-creation of services. It will implement objectives agreed at the EU level and allow citizens to suggest voluntary actions. A stakeholder consultation platform will crowdsource ideas, apply selection criteria, and monitor implementation of actions using data. The overall goal is to modernize public administration and facilitate interaction between governments and citizens/businesses across Europe.
The document lists 20 locations in northern Uganda where Internet Now! centres will be established in Phase I. The centres will be located across 5 districts - Nwoya, Gulu, Amuru, Adjumani, and Moyo. The centres will provide internet access to remote communities in northern Uganda for the first time.
Overview of why and how web2.0 matters for eGovernment. Presented at EU ministerial conference on eGovernment (download it at www.egov2007.gov.pt).
NEW REPORT on this available at www.jrc.es
Europe – eGovernment Benchmark 2012 background reportVictor Gridnev
This document provides background information on the 2012 European eGovernment Benchmark report. It summarizes the framework and methodology used to measure progress on the Digital Agenda for Europe's goals of user-centric, transparent, cross-border, results-driven, and smart government. Key measurements included citizen surveys on the use and usefulness of online public services, assessments of online service availability and maturity across different life events, and indicators of government transparency and use of enablers like eID.
The document discusses the mobile industry in 2009, focusing on the relationships between web portals, telecommunications companies (telcos), and vendors. It notes that web portals were moving into mobile, targeting users through smart devices, mobile web, and open platforms. However, business models between portals and telcos were different, with portals making money through advertising and telcos through phone bills. The rise of social networking and location-based services were also shaping the industry. Cooperation between various players was seen as important to advance mobile web and telco services.
This document presents four future scenarios for eGovernment in Sweden in 2020. It begins with an introduction to scenarios as a method for exploring possible futures rather than making predictions. It then discusses definitions of eGovernment and reviews theories and models of eGovernment development. The four scenarios developed are: 1) "Government Goes Private", where outsourcing and privatization lead to fragmented services; 2) "The Limits of Efficiency", where cost-cutting negatively impacts services; 3) "Action and Overload", where open data and civic participation overload the system; and 4) "Co-production of Government", where collaborative partnerships produce innovative services.
Federal Government Standard Web Portal developed at Joomla!rafaelberlanda
In response to the government websites standardization ordered by the Brazilian Federal Government, a group of users, developers and designers from different agencies situated at Brasília* joined forces to develop a Joomla! version of the Government Default Web Portal Project, capable of facing up the unique option available, developed at another CMS. Rafael Berlanda was one of those involved in this initiative, as developer and coordinator. This presentation aims to introduce the project history, the choices made in order to comply with the project objectives and also to show few solutions adopted with the purpose of earning development time. It still intends to alert the community to the upcoming challenges of Joomla! usage in Government.
How Linked Data is transforming eGovernmentNikos Loutas
This document discusses how linked data is transforming eGovernment by integrating government data through linking related datasets. It explains the key concepts of linked data including the four design principles put forward by Tim Berners-Lee. The document also outlines how linked data enables greater government transparency, fosters innovation, and allows for virtual integration of data without centralization. The ISA programme is highlighted as actively promoting linked data adoption for public administrations through best practices, vocabularies, and pilot projects to realize the benefits of open government data through semantic interoperability and linked approaches.
Review of the EU egovernment benchmark. A comparison with other benchmarks (EU, WEF). Framework and ideas to improve benchmarking egovernment, citizen services.
Designing and Creating a Secure Web PortalPortalGuard
The document discusses considerations for designing and creating a secure web portal. It identifies five key areas to consider: data security, compliance, integration, end user experience, and technical configuration. For each area, it lists specific questions to consider, such as whether the portal will be public or private, how user credentials will be verified, which regulations apply, how users will interact with and access the portal, and technical details around hosting and performance. The overall message is that security should not be an afterthought when designing a portal and integrating it into an existing IT environment.
An eGovernment Research and Innovation Framework Trond Knudsen
The document summarizes the objectives and activities of the eGOVERNET European eGovernment Research Network Coordination Action project. The project aims to improve cooperation and visibility of eGovernment research in Europe by investigating current research funding and management, identifying future needs, and proposing a framework of best practices. Key activities include analyzing stakeholder needs, compiling information on existing research programs, and suggesting a "handbook" to guide future eGovernment research management.
The document discusses the introduction of e-governance programs at the University of Bologna Law Faculty. It provides an overview of the CIRSFID research center, its courses in legal informatics and ICT law, and its undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science and law and e-governance. It then outlines the agenda for a workshop on organizing e-governance module content using a wiki platform.
UNRWA commemorated its 60th anniversary in 2009 with a series of events highlighting its services and achievements for Palestinian refugees. These events included concerts, film screenings, academic symposiums, and advocacy events in locations such as Brussels, Vienna, Damascus, Ramallah, New York, and more. The anniversary commemoration emphasized UNRWA's goal of working for peace and a future for Palestinian refugees through resource mobilization and communication.
This document outlines plans for a government web portal to facilitate communication between the Punjab Local Government Department and local governments. The portal will serve as a central online location for sharing notifications, guidelines, orders and other resources. It will allow all officers to manage their own content with minimal training. Key features will include discussion forums, polls, banners/ads, email newsletters, and a document management system. The workflow will involve officers uploading content, mass email/SMS notifications, and other stakeholders accessing and downloading resources. This is intended to modernize communication and make information easily accessible compared to the existing static website approach.
This document discusses strategies for developing an effective electronic governance (e-governance) system, outlining both its benefits and challenges. The main points are:
1) E-governance can improve government efficiency, service quality, and policy outcomes, as well as economic objectives, but faces challenges like legal barriers, funding issues, technology changes, and the digital divide.
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and much more…
Advantages of Web Portals
Easy for users to customize personal places.
Supports users in multiple tasks.
Easy to use design interface.
Help to connect the community.
The powerful back end.
Flexible content and layout.
Disadvantages of Web Portals
High complexity and additional testing efforts.
Somewhere complex to setup.
Re-authentication when using multiple systems.
Customizing portals and integrating applications.
Developers need additional skills besides using a web framework.
Additional costs.
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Personal Login is required in Web Portal, while not on the website.
Dynamic Content changes more frequently than proper websites.
Website is a public interface while Web Portal is public, private(intranet etc…)
Content is generally focused on websites while Web Portal offers content from diverse sources.
Web Portal supports the user in multiple tasks while website supports the user in the specific task.
Future of Web Portal
As the use of electronic devices is increasing, people are moving digital. Traffic on the web is increasing day by day.
Flexible content and layout along with supporting users in multiple tasks and for much more, Web Portal is proved to be an essential tool for the digitalization of a community, business or an organization.
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ICT Association Suriname Presentation On eGovernment 2012
1. eGovernment:
Challenges & Opportunities
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2. Content
• The three phases of e-government;
• The transformation process;
• The challenges and opportunities of e-government;
• Concluding - Lessons Learned.
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3. The three phases of
e-government
• Publish - broadening access to government information:
– Examples: online laws, regulations, and judicial opinions,
websites for environmental data and health information,
government portals;
• Interact - increasing public participation in government
decision-making:
– Examples: e-mail addresses for public officials, online,
comments on proposed laws, and online forums;
• Transact – making government services more readily
available to the public:
– Examples: e-procurement, e-filing of government documents,
online permits, and electronic tax payments.
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4. Transforming government
through e-government project
• Process reform;
• Leadership;
• Strategic investment;
• Collaboration;
• Civic engagement.
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5. Challenges and opportunities (1)
• Infrastructure development;
• Records management;
• Law and public policy;
• Permanent availability and preservation;
• Digital divide:
• Education and marketing;
– E-literacy;
– Accessibility; • Public/private competition/collaboration;
• Trust: • Workforce issues;
– Privacy;
– Security; • Cost structures;
• Transparency; • Benchmarking.
• Interoperability; 5
6. Challenges and opportunities (2)
Infrastructure development • Build on the
All countries implementing e-government have microenterprise model to
struggled to develop a basic infrastructure to take bring connectivity to
advantage of new technologies and underserved areas and
communications tools. ensure sustainability.
Infrastructure Development Recommendations: • Consider the government’s
current use of technology
• Develop projects that are compatible with the and learn from past
nation’s telecom infrastructure. successes and failures.
• Use public access kiosks and mobile centers if • Establish an action
teledensity is low. framework at the
beginning of the process to
• Introduce telecom competition and lift regulations allow for a rational and
on wireless and other digital technologies to coordinated investment
accelerate their deployment. effort down the road.
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7. Challenges and opportunities (3a)
Law and public policy (to be continued)
• The application of ICT to government may encounter legal or policy barriers.
• Legislatures must ensure that laws are updated or new laws enacted to recognize
electronic documents, signatures (legislation for data-encryption and trusted third
party service providers); and transactions.
• Legislation to prevent cybercrime and to protect constitutional (human) rights
such as freedom of speech, freedom of information, right to access government
information (‘openbaarheid van bestuur’), privacy (data protection laws),
confidentiality of phone and digital communications.
• They must take proactive steps to ensure that policies support rather than impede
e-government and that the government acts as a role model on the Internet.
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8. Challenges and opportunities (3b)
Law and Public Policy Recommendations:
• Consult with stakeholders to assess how existing laws may impede the
desired results.
• Give legal status to online publication of government information.
• Clarify laws and regulations to allow electronic filings with government
agencies.
• Reform processes by simplifying regulations and procedures.
• Any updates or new laws should be worded in a technology-neutral
manner insofar as possible, to avoid that they become obsolete or ambigu
as soon as new technologies arise.
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9. Challenges and opportunities (4)
• Digital divide:
– E-literacy;
– Accessibility.
Class, race, ethnicity, geography and other factors could lead to groups of people being
disenfranchised. In many countries, content must be provided in more than one
language or dialect. E-government must also address the needs of those who are
illiterate.
Digital Divide Recommendations:
• Provide communal access through village computer centers or kiosks.
• Combine access with training.
• Provide incentives to the private sector to donate equipment and training.
• Emphasize local language and content tailored to different communities.
• Use for-profit entrepreneurs to build and sustain access points in small communities.
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10. Challenges and opportunities (5)
Trust:
• Privacy: protecting personal information at he Government
• Security: protecting e-government sites from attack and misuse.
To be successful, e-government projects must build trust within agencies, between
agencies, across governments, and with businesses, NGOs and citizens.
Trust Recommendations:
• Map key internal and external partners and build a strategy to keep open lines of
communications.
• Start with short-term projects that yield early results. This helps build trust and
could help point to areas for larger scale ventures.
• Strong leadership can help build confidence in programs.
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11. Challenges and opportunities (6)
Transparency
Government transparency should be embedded in the design of ICT systems.
Transparency Recommendations:
• Post online rules, regulations and requirements for government services (such
as requirements for obtaining a license) to minimize subjective actions by
officials.
• Highly-placed public officials can expedite transparency and accountability
efforts by making their offices positive examples of openness.
• When putting services online, give citizens the ability to track the status of
their applications.
• Train civil servants and provide incentives to reform.
• Integrate transparency and process reform to simplify regulations and
procedures.
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12. Challenges and opportunities (7)
Interoperability
Rather than adding new systems on top of outmoded legacy
systems, e-government planners should develop systems and
record formats that work together and across departments.
Interoperability Recommendations:
• Map and assess existing record systems.
• Identify and reform regulatory schemes that make interaction with
the government onerous.
• Use common standards throughout the government, to shorten
development time and ensure compatibility.
• Adopt a common IT infrastructure for the government.
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13. Challenges and opportunities (8)
Records management
New technologies are being created to help manage information.
Governments have unique needs in this field.
Records Management Recommendations:
• Encourage data sharing and cooperation between government
departments.
• Streamline offline record keeping processes to make the
transformation to online publication easier.
• Creation and standardization of meta-data is critical for conducting
successful data searches across institutions and networks.
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14. Challenges and opportunities (9)
Permanent availability and preservation
• Historical documentation is of special importance for governments.
Permanent Availability and Preservation Recommendations:
• Design applications according to need.
• Consider relevance, usability, language compatibility and
affordability.
• Encourage cooperation between departments and with the private
sector in collecting, storing and utilizing data, but proceed
continuously with care with personally identifiable information.
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15. Challenges and opportunities (10)
Education and marketing
• E-government services are only useful if people know about
them. Education and outreach programs will be needed.
Education and Marketing Recommendations:
• Develop publicity and training campaigns that will engage the
public about e-government initiatives.
• Conduct research to ensure that online services respond to
actual needs and that the implementation suits the target
audience.
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16. Challenges and opportunities (11)
Public/private competition/collaboration
• Issues of public vs. private collaboration and competition are already part
of an international debate on governance.
• New rules may be needed to govern the relationship of the public and
private sectors.
Public/Private Competition/Collaboration Recommendations:
• Forge multi-sectoral partnerships.
• Review and reassess laws and policies that impede public/private
cooperation.
• Ensure that agreements with contractors and partners are equitable and
can be reviewed and revised over time.
• Seek assistance and involvement from organizations that already have
experience in providing services and information using the same or similar
technologies.
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17. Challenges and opportunities (12)
Workforce issues
Human resources must be structured and managed with
e-government goals in mind.
Workforce Issues Recommendations:
• Articulate a timeline for implementation in a step by step manner
so the reforms will not seem overwhelming to the bureaucracy.
• Hold regular meetings between e-government policy leaders and
the affected workforce so employees are active participants in the
process.
• Create incentives by rewarding individuals and agencies that apply
the reforms rapidly.
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18. Challenges and opportunities (13)
Cost structures
• While planning and budgeting in a changing climate is difficult,
governments should seek to invest in sustainable programs that can
produce savings.
Cost Structures Recommendations:
• Avoid advertising-based or fee-based services. They have generally not
been sustainable.
• Articulate functionalities clearly and try not to add details that will push
budgets into deficit.
• Develop projects that are achievable with resources available.
• Consider the government’s current use of technology and study past
successes and failures.
• Designate an officer or organizing body that will oversee cost.
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19. Challenges and opportunities (14)
Benchmarking • Review benchmarks regularly to ensure that
• The Government should regularly evaluate accurate measures are appropriate for rapidly
the progress and effectiveness of their e- changing technology.
government investments to determine
whether stated goals and objectives are • Create a data collection system to support program
being met on schedule. operations and “before and after” surveys of
knowledge, skills, and applications among
Benchmarking Recommendations: participating organizations to assess program
impact.
• Create measurable goals during early
planning stages.
• A common IT infrastructure and architecture
standard is key to ensuring that ongoing
• Designate an office to oversee e- development takes place in a coherent and
government implementation. integrated way.
• Make sure the office is sufficiently funded • Advanced planning of common IT infrastructure
and is recognized by all relevant agencies standards result in a shortened development time
and departments. and system compatibility.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure progress • Quantitative measures can be as beneficial as
is being made to achieve stated goals. qualitative ones.
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20. Lessons learned: Getting IT right
To get IT right, the government should: • Recruit and retain talent;
• Establish appropriate IT governance • Prudently manage knowledge;
structures; • Establish environments of trust with
private vendors; and
• Think small; • Involve end-users.
• Use known technologies; The general lesson is not that the
government should not take any
• Identify and manage risk; risks; rather, governments must
identify risk, determine which risks
• Ensure compliance with best they are willing to take, and
practices for project management; manage the relevant risk within
appropriate IT governance
• Hold business managers structures.
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21. References
• The e-Government Handbook for Developing Countries
(InfoDev 2002) – Worldbank;
• The Hidden Threat to e-Government: Avoiding large
government IT failures (PUMU Policy Brief no.8, March 2001)
– OECD.
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