ES įtaka Lietuvos informacijos saugumo politikai ; The impact of eu on the lithuanian information security policy

Abstract

Majority of social relations is moving to the virtual space. People are using electronic communications more actively not only for finding important information on the web, but also for ordering and purchasing goods, paying for services and transferring money, watching TV and etc. Development in electronic devices and data transfer technologies allows connectivity to services anywhere anytime. Government institutions, service providers are searching for more ways to provide their services for citizens via the Internet. Information society development is highly related to network and information security. This paper addresses Lithuanian information security policies before EU enlargement and after it. The main goal is to evaluate the impact of EU on the Lithuanian information and network security, safer internet, information technology and development. The paper also proposes qualitative research on Lithuanian information security issues and EU impact of new policies. Governmental and business companies that participated in the research do not relate EU enlargement with IT security progress in Lithuania. They emphasized some factors, that have impact on information and network security. It is IT development, economy, legislation, user friendly information society. Information and network security is also influenced by better financing after the EU enlargement, international cooperation, best practice examples and others.