An Investigation of Cyber Autonomy on Government Websites
An Investigation of Cyber Autonomy on Government Websites
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政府网站网络自治的调查
DOI：
10.1145/3308558.3313645
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
Wei Jeng
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作者：
H. Hsiao;T. Kim;Yu;Chun;Hung;Yu;Chun;Wei Jeng
从国家安全的角度来看，为了更好地抵御对手，更高程度的网络自治对于减少对外部（通常是不可信的实体）的依赖至关重要。为了探讨政府网络自治的概念，本研究考察了世界主要工业化七国集团（G7）国家面向公众的政府网站的外部依赖。在两年的时间里，我们测量了七国集团政府网站上HTTPS的采用率、ca的自治状态和cp的自治状态。我们发现，七国集团政府网站加载的网络资源中，大约85%来自美国。通过审查政策文件和调查维护政府网站的技术人员，我们确定了四种可以影响政府自治程度的重要力量，包括政府对HTTPS采用的要求、网站开发外包、公民对大规模监视的恐惧以及用户困惑。由于政府网站被认为是关键的信息基础设施，我们希望本研究能够提高人们对其复杂依赖性的认识，从而降低在使用关键政府服务时盲目信任外部实体的风险。
From a national security viewpoint, a higher degree of cyber autonomy is crucial to reduce the reliance on external, oftentimes untrustworthy entities, in order to achieve better resilience against adversaries. To probe into the concept of government cyber autonomy, this study examines the external dependency of public-facing government websites across the world's major industrialized, Group of Seven (G7) countries. Over a two-year period, we measured HTTPS adoption rates, the autonomy status of CAs, and the autonomy status of CPs on G7 government websites. We find that approximately 85% of web resources loaded by G7 government sites originate from the United States. By reviewing policy documents and surveying technicians who maintain government websites, we identify four significant forces that can influence the degree of a government's autonomy, including government mandates on HTTPS adoption, website development outsourcing, the citizens' fear of large-scale surveillance, and user confusion. Because a government websites are considered critical information infrastructures, we expect this study to raise awareness of their complex dependency, thereby reducing the risk of blindly trusting external entities when using critical government services.