[kictanet] KPMG Report Exposes Major Security Gaps in Register

[Walubengo J]

@Barrack,
Indeed, the gaps leave us  quite exposed. Here is my piece on how they can be exploited.
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walu.      From: Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com 
Cc: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
 Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 9:12 AM
 Subject: Re: [kictanet] KPMG Report Exposes Major Security Gaps in Register
   
Hi Ali,

This is quite unfortunate. It would be re-assuring to hear from our
colleagues at the IEBC who are also on the list the steps they have
taken to address this concerns.

Thank you

Best Regards

On 7/14/17, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Listers
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> Not sure whether this was posted earlier.
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> At least 10 security loopholes that could be exploited to manipulate the
> August 8 General Election have been exposed in an audit report of the
> country’s voter register.
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> The voter roll lacks mandatory security features and could therefore be
> easily hacked into and data of the 19.6 million registered voters deleted,
> added or amended, according to the audit report by KPMG.
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> Read on:-
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> http://theglobe.ng/news/2472
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> Ali Hussein
> Principal
> Hussein & Associates
> +254 0713 601113
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> Twitter: @AliHKassim
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> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
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> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a
> habit."  ~ Aristotle
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> Sent from my iPad


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