Ecrime threats on Egovernment – the case of Maldives

EGovernment implementations are nowadays common even amongst the smallest and countries around the world. The challenge of building such systems is even greater for developing countries, in particular those who are struggling against considerable penetration of the Digital Divide in their society. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for implementing eGovernment in the Maldives, a small country aiming to overcome the difficulties of offering twentyfirst century services to a small by widely dispersed population. The particular interest in the case of the Maldives is that the technological infrastructure is sensitive and dependent on external condition, while there is wide chasm in society due to the effects of the Digital Divide