Research Article
Vulnerabilities of Government Websites in a Developing Country – the Case of Burkina Faso
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Jonathan Ouoba
Daouda Ahmat
Fréderic Ouédraogo
Cedric Béré
Moustapha Bikienga
Abdoulaye Sere
Mesmin Dandjinou
Oumarou Sié
Year: 2017
Vulnerabilities of Government Websites in a Developing Country – the Case of Burkina Faso
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43696-8_14
Abstract
Slowly, but consistently, the digital gap between developing and developed countries is being closed. Everyday, there are initiatives towards relying on ICT to simplify the interaction between citizens and their governments in developing countries. E-government is thus becoming a reality: in Burkina Faso, all government bodies are taking part in this movement with web portals dedicated to serving the public. Unfortunately, in this rush to promote government actions within this trend of digitization, little regards is given to the security of such web sites. In many cases, government highly critical web sites are simply produced in a product line fashion using Content Management Systems which the webmasters do not quite master.