[kictanet] E-Voting | Information Security

Sat Jan 28 19:41:57 EAT 2012

Waudo,

yes, we dont want hackers topping up candidate votes - whether electronically or physically.  So I hope the Election Commission will be quite keen on this. It might be comforting that the IT Director at the commission is an ISACA member with the CISM/CISA credentials and this means he perhaps knows a thing or two about security.;-)

Muraya.
Yes, there is never anything like 100% security.  One simply has to work on minimising the risk.

walu.

--- On Sat, 1/28/12, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com> wrote:

From: S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
Subject: [kictanet] E-Voting | Information Security
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 12:39 PM

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

										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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