Many experts believe a proper fix for election security won't come until at least 2021.
From the time we cast our ballots until they are counted. That’s the time when our system is most at risk. We continually hear about voter fraud but everyone says it doesn’t exist – at least in numbers to make a difference. Many of us believe differently.
Unlike with the European Union's GDPR, a law addressing data privacy, there's no all-encompassing standard for securing the election process. Operations are left up to state and county officials. The closest thing to a standard are the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines from the US Election Assistance Commission, and as the name indicates, they aren't mandatory.
Even if efforts to improve election security had started on Jan. 1, 2016, it would take until at least 2021 to fix things, said Chris Wysopal, the chief technology officer at security research firm Veracode.
"These are major changes. This is something that should start now and it's going to take five years, probably, to do," Wysopal said. "At this moment, we can only really do response and detection. We're not great at prevention."
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From the time we cast our ballots until they are counted. That’s the time when our system is most at risk. We continually hear about voter fraud but everyone says it doesn’t exist – at least in numbers to make a difference. Many of us believe differently.
Unlike with the European Union's GDPR, a law addressing data privacy, there's no all-encompassing standard for securing the election process. Operations are left up to state and county officials. The closest thing to a standard are the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines from the US Election Assistance Commission, and as the name indicates, they aren't mandatory.
Even if efforts to improve election security had started on Jan. 1, 2016, it would take until at least 2021 to fix things, said Chris Wysopal, the chief technology officer at security research firm Veracode.
"These are major changes. This is something that should start now and it's going to take five years, probably, to do," Wysopal said. "At this moment, we can only really do response and detection. We're not great at prevention."
The full article is @ Election security is a mess, and the cleanup won't arrive by the midterms
