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Study on the Instability of Information Systems and Security Risks in the Public Administration: Case of Burkina Faso Public Administration
Institute of Computer Engineering and Telecommunication Polytechnic School of Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Journal of Information Security·Volume 13 (2022)·Pages 76–84·Published 16 February 2022·DOI10.4236/jis.2022.132005
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to show the instability and the security risks of the information system in Burkina-Faso public administration. In this paper, witnessing unsatisfactory services such as government messaging (mailer.gov.bf) as well as G-cloud services which are the government cloud w ere studied. The behavior of user agents on the administration’s IT infrastructures which could expose the information system to security risks was also studied. The expect ed result show s evidence of the weakness of the public administration information system and provide s some recommendation.
KeywordsMailer.gov.bfResina NetworkG-CloudBurkina-Faso Public Administration
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