Information Security Awareness of Senior Local Government Officers in Hungarian Villages and Towns

Abstract

The study first of all discusses the theoretical aspects of information security, namely the legal imprints of legislative intentions, the main references of specialised literature used by heads of local governments for their work and the textbooks of the National University of Public Service. With the help of references reviewed in the present paper, we examine the importance of the development of information security awareness in these books and their targets. These targets are mostly the senior officers of local governments. Following the short analysis of national settlement data provided by KSH (Hungarian Statistical Office), our large-sample online research is discussed, then we introduce the results of our empirical research exploring the possible deviations in the information security awareness of senior local government officers in cities and villages. The research results are drafted around three hypotheses. The closing chapter of our study highlights the importance of developing information security awareness and includes recommendations for several professional service methods which can be implemented in practice.