In order to determine the level of security in the local area networks in some public institutions in Santiago, Veraguas, a survey was applied to the network administrators of 15 government entities between the months of June and July 2016; this survey contains 16 items, of which 37,5% were closed questions and 62,5% were open questions. 93,33% of the institutions met technical criteria such as the set of functions and administrative processes, that were developed on the network, the number of collaborators-users, and the existing technologies; judgments that were proposed and validated as references of the results. As a conclusive aspect, it was determined that the institutions under study have a deficient level of Security in their Local Area Networks established by the order of 40,31%; associated with its low protection capacity and network operating condition which requires a better performance of the security administration.