Abstract:

e-Government system leverages ICT to transform the relationship between government bodies and citizens, businesses and other government ministries, department, and agencies. The primary aim is to make government services more seamless, efficient and timely for every citizen and organisation. However, e-Government systems are now faced with security threats and cyberattacks, and these challenges have raised concerns about users’ privacy as well as the confidentiality and integrity of user data. Therefore, this paper assessed the degree of vulnerability of Saudi’s e-government website, Yesser by using three penetration test tools namely Zap, Rapid7, and Nessus. The results of the scans showed that Yesser website does not have critical vulnerabilities but has severe and medium-level vulnerabilities. The paper proposed solutions to some of security issues identified.