ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO ENTRE INSTITUCIONES PÚBLICAS LATINOAMERICANAS REFERENTE A LA APLICACIÓN DEL GOBIERNO DE LA SEGURIDAD DE LA INFORMACIÓN

Abstract

The general objective of this research work is to carry out a comparative study among Latin American public institutions, regarding the security of information at the government level, taking as a case study the Ecuadorian institutions Senae and SRI. Its approach is qualitative, with an exploratory-descriptive scope; An analysis of the initial situation was carried out on the guidelines proposed by the governmental information security scheme (hereinafter EGSI) and the compliance of these in each of the public institutions in contrast with the best practices based on international standards focused on safeguarding the most important asset of the organisms, such as information, to subsequently propose best practices oriented to information security, evaluated by experts in the area through the focus group technique; evidencing that the application of the EGSI is not enough to maintain an optimal management of information security.