Secure Digital Transformation in Smart Governments - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798337385938

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2026

Synopsis

As world governments increase their adoption of digital technologies, securing digital technology becomes integral to e-government initiatives. By utilizing advanced information and communication technologies in public services, smart governments enhance efficiency, transparency, and citizen engagement. However, this transformation introduces complex cybersecurity and data privacy challenges that must be addressed to maintain public trust and continue critical services. Secure digital transformation represents a strategic commitment to protecting sensitive data, safeguarding digital infrastructure, and enabling sustainable innovation in the public sector. Secure Digital Transformation in Smart Governments explores the complex intersections between cybersecurity, AI, and digital governance. It examines various case studies, regulatory frameworks, technological advances, and ethical dilemmas, highlighting how emerging technologies reshape the landscape of rights, risks, and responsibilities in knowledge-based society. This book covers topics such as smart technology, policymaking, and digital governance, and is a useful resource for government officials, business owners, engineers, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

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About the Authors

Miguel Ángel Ruiz Jaimes is a Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Politécnica del Estado de Morelos (UPEMOR), Mexico. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Systems Engineering and is a recognized member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI Level I). Dr. Ruiz Jaimes has more than twenty years of experience in information technologies, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital governance. He has authored and co-authored multiple scientific articles and book chapters published by IGI Global, MDPI, and other international publishers. In addition, he serves as a peer reviewer and editorial board member for journals such as IJCoPI and BEEI. His current research focuses on AI ethics, cybersecurity in critical infrastructures, and emerging technologies applied to public sector innovation.

José Miguel Liceaga Ortiz De La Peña is an Engineer in Communications and Electronics from the Higher School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ESIME) Culhuacán Unit of the IPN. Master of Science in Microelectronics Engineering from SEPI-ESIME UPC of the IPN. He is currently a student in the Doctorate in Advanced Sciences and Technologies (DCTA) program at the Polytechnic University of Pachuca (UPP). Full-time Research Professor at the Polytechnic University of Pachuca (UPP). Attached to the Department of Biomedical Engineering and previously to the Department of Telematics Engineering and Network and Telecommunications Engineering. He got the PRODEP Desirable Profile.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798337385938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: Ruiz Jaimes Miguel Ángel, Liceaga Ortiz De La Peña José Miguel