First major voting vendor, Hart InterCivic, partners with Microsoft on ambitious software security tool ElectionGuard
The ElectionGuard announcement comes as Republicans are still mounting challenges to the 2020 election.
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Election Systems & Software
Top voting vendor ES&S publishes vulnerability disclosure policy
"We think it’s important to have that safe harbor language out there to set expectations," said ESS's Chris Wlaschin.
Klobuchar to voting vendors: Don’t turn your back on good hackers when setting up a CVD program
A Democratic presidential candidate and one of the most outspoken voices in the Senate on election security has chimed in on a voting vendor RFI.
Voting Village brings equipment to lawmakers to boost urgency on election security
This time, they brought the equipment.
DEF CON Voting Village report explores vulnerabilities in ballot-marking devices, calls for paper-based audits
The DEF Con Voting Village is calling for “more comprehensive studies” of equipment that is increasingly a part of the voter experience.
What would a vulnerability disclosure program look like for voting equipment? Expect an RFI soon
Voting equipment vendors have heard presentations from Bugcrowd, HackerOne, and Synack, according to ES&S's Chris Wlaschin.
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Election commission says it won’t de-certify voting systems running old versions of Windows
The disclosure highlights the challenge of keeping voting systems secure after a vendor ceases offering support for a product.
Voting-machine companies are thinking about vulnerability disclosure, bug bounty programs
The industry has some very particular challenges to work out before establishing a coordinated vulnerability disclosure program. But the big companies are changing their thinking.
DEF CON Voting Village matures as industry keeps its distance
The country's top three voting gear vendors were a no-show, but there was still plenty of enthusiasm at DEF CON's Voting Village.
Microsoft pushes open-source software kit to election agencies, voting-tech vendors
The code will be posted to GitHub, and can be layered onto existing voting software for added integrity.