Azerbaijan National Academy of Science

The article entitled “The Role of Social Networks in e-government: Risks and Security Threats“ co-authered by the academician secretary of ANAS, Director of ANAS Institute of Information Technology, academician Rasim Alguliyev, corresponding member of ANAS, Doctor of Technical Sciences and head of the Department Ramiz Aliguliyev, PhD in Technical Sciences, associate professor Farhad Yusifov has been published in the “Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies” journal, which is indexed "Web of Science".

Social networks are becoming an important intermediary for interaction between governments, citizens, governmental agencies and business sectors. The popularization of social networks among users allows transforming public administration into open governance form and changing government-citizen relationships. There are various applications of social media to enable communication between users and share personal information. Currently, different attacks on social networks targeting the e-government system pose a great risk for users. In paper the role of social networks and security in egovernment is examined. Potential threats targeting the confidentiality and security of each social network user are analyzed and classified. A multi-criteria evaluation method is proposed for analysis of social networks security threats.

An article explores the role of social networks in e-government and security issues. Threats are classified into 4 categories (multimedia content threats, traditional threats targeting personal information, social-oriented threats, threats to children safety)

Potential threats targeting the confidentiality and security of each social network user are analyzed and classified. A multi-criteria evaluation method is proposed for analysis of social networks security threats. Potential threats are ranked according to the criteria determined by the Fuzzy TOPSIS method. In the numerical study, the social network security threats are evaluated and ranked according to selected criteria (such as interception of confidential information, reputation loss in governmentcitizen (G2C) relations and organization of social-political conflicts)

This work was supported by the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Grant № EİF-KETPL-2-2015-1(25)-56/05/1

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