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It’s time to modernize the voting process

December 15, 2020

We live in a digital age, yet voting remains woefully outdated. The nation’s recent experience holding a presidential election during a pandemic highlights how important it is to modernize the voting process. The benefits of transitioning to online voting are numerous, including easier access as voters would no longer be required to wait in long lines and greater efficiency as votes would be tabulated electronically.

James Woolsey talks to Security magazine about election security and electromagnetic pulses

5 minutes with James Woolsey – On securing U.S. voting systems now and into the future

Maggie Shein

November 3, 2020

Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director R. James Woolsey Jr., a veteran of four presidential administrations and one of the nation’s leading intelligence experts, believes we should be worried about election security on a number of levels — though he says there are some relatively easy fixes. Woolsey discusses security threats surrounding the voting process, measures that can be put in place to mitigate those risks, as well as the biggest security threat to the U.S. outside of election security.

Can the U.S. election be hacked? Well yes it can but not in the way you think.

Could the U.S. Presidential election be hacked?

Tyler Moore

October 30, 2020

The answer is yes, but the how may be different than you think.

MIT Researchers: Voatz, Voting App, Can Be Hacked

February 17, 2020

New research published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uncovered security vulnerabilities in a mobile voting application that was used during the 2018 midterm elections in West Virginia.

CISA Partners With Cutting-Edge Election Security Auditing Tool Ahead of 2020 Election

December 2, 2019

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is teaming up with election officials and private sector partners to develop and pilot an open source post-election auditing tool ahead of the 2020 elections.

You Cast Your Vote…Or Did You?

Tom DeSot

October 18, 2019

Of late, much has been written regarding the dangers of electronic voting machines and how their security controls are either lacking or non-existent, leading to potential voter fraud or changes in how ballots are cast

Report: More Federal Funding is Needed to Secure 2020 Elections

July 18, 2019

The $380 million of Federal funds allocated to election security is not sufficient, and additional Federal support will be needed to secure the 2020 election, says a new report.

On Election Day, Security Risks Loom

November 6, 2012

Some security experts think there could still be some problems today on election day -- some lost or misattributed votes could go completely undetected.