[kictanet] E-Voting | Information Security

[S.M. Muraya]

Loopholes are never fully sealed... thus continual software patches /
upgrades.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/symantec-source-code-hack/

We need to follow audit trails enabled in network | storage systems,
involving the OS (file & identification systems), application severs,
clients (packages)...




On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 6:31 PM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com>wrote:

>  Hi Walu - I hope the loopholes that led to the Govt site hackings will
> have been resolved else I would not like to imagine the servers of the
> electoral commission being hacked as the results are being tallied. No more
> riots please!
>
>
>  On Fri, Jan 27, 2012, at 07:15 AM, Walubengo J wrote:
>
>   Now that Kenya might go e-Voting this year (http://tinyurl.com/7dbctnl)
> why not support the researcher below as she figures out it it will work or
> not.
>
> walu.
>
> --- On Fri, 1/27/12, Maina Olembo <maina.olembo at cased.de> wrote:
>
>
> From: Maina Olembo <maina.olembo at cased.de>
> Subject: RE: Survey on Internet Voting and Polling Station Voting in Kenya
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:04 PM
>
>  Hallo,
>
> I would like to ask for a few minutes of your time.
>
> I am carrying out a study as part of doctoral research on Internet voting
> and polling station voting in Kenya. The goal of this study is to gain
> insight on perceptions of polling station voting and Internet voting.
>
> If you would like to participate, please click on the link below:
>
>  Fill out questionnaire<https://www.soscisurvey.de/InternetVoting/index.php?q=SurveyIVotingKE&l=eng>
> The password is internet.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time and interest.
>
> Your input is invaluable.
>
> --
> Maina M. Olembo
> Doctoral Researcher
> SecUSo - IT Security, Usability and Society
>
> Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt
> TU Darmstadt
> Department of Computer Science
> Building S2|02
> Hochschulstraße 10
> D-64289 Darmstadt
>
> Phone: +49(0) 6151 16 64292
> Fax:   +49(0) 6151 16 4825
> Email: maina.olembo at cased.de
> Web:   www.secuso.cased.de
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