E-voting: Dependability requirements and design for dependability

J.W. Bryans; B. Littlewood; P.Y.A. Ryan; L. Strigini

doi:10.1109/ARES.2006.56

E-voting: Dependability requirements and design for dependability

J.W. Bryans, B. Littlewood, P.Y.A. Ryan, L. Strigini

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Abstract

Elections are increasingly dependent on computers and telecommunication systems. Such "E-voting" schemes create socio-technical systems (combinations of technology and human organisations) that are complex and critical, as the future of nations depends on their proper operation. Thus heated debate surrounds their adoption and the possible methods for making them demonstrably dependable. We discuss the dependability requirements for such systems, and the design issues in ensuring their satisfaction, with reference to a recent proposal that uses cryptography for fault tolerance, in order to avoid some of the perceived dangers of electronic voting. Our treatment highlights the need for considering the whole socio-technical system, and for integrating security and fault tolerance viewpoints.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ARES '06 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
Publisher	ACM
Pages	988-995
Number of pages	8
Volume	2006
ISBN (Print)	0-7695-2567-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARES.2006.56
Publication status	Published - 2006

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