An Initial Study of Cyber Security for Web Services in Malaysian Organizations

Authors

  • Firkhan Ali Bin Hamid Ali Department of Information Security & Web Technology, Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia
  • M. Khairul Amin M. Sukri Department of Information Security & Web Technology, Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia
  • M. Azahari M. Yusof Department of Information Security & Web Technology, Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohd Zalisham Jali Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Malaysia
  • Moh Norazmi Nordin Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Miswan Surip Pusat Pengajian Diploma, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia

Keywords:

Cyber security, information Technology, Malaysia, web services

Abstract

In the recent and next years, Malaysian enterprises have seen an increase in the development of information technology (IT). This is a result of the Malaysian government actively promoting IT usage throughout all companies in Malaysia, whether they are in the public or private sectors. Utilizing IT including web services will increase an organization's production and quality. Therefore, they require a well-planned implementation of the IT infrastructure and tools. Using web services will ensure that its operations are successful in supporting long-term business ambitions. Besides that, the cyber security play important role to ensure that the web services and IT infrastructures execute well along the organization’s business successful. So, is these digital environments in Malaysian organizations safe it is not a Malaysian IT culture and didn’t have enough and tough knowledge of cyber security. However, how to promote cyber security to Malaysian organizations for web services?  So, promotion can be done by using the web services itself by putting more knowledge and study on the secure usage of IT facilities in Malaysian organizations.

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Published

17.05.2023

How to Cite

Hamid Ali, F. A. B. ., M. Sukri, M. K. A. ., M. Yusof, M. A. ., Jali, M. Z. ., Nordin, M. N. ., & Surip, M. . (2023). An Initial Study of Cyber Security for Web Services in Malaysian Organizations. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 11(6s), 180–184. Retrieved from https://ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/2839

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Vol. 11 No. 6s (2023)

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Research Article

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