Election security today is limited at best, and in many cases, flawed. We see a better future. A future with established security standards, and resources for local, state, and private entities to continually and consistently secure our elections. 

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Ongoing efforts to make voting more accessible, together with the prevalence of smartphones, have made mobile voting a reality. Many mobile voting pilots have already been conducted. As this is not likely to slow down, we are working to help emerging vendors understand and implement iterative security controls to protect the integrity of the elections they carry out.

The security of our elections and privacy of our votes are paramount. Mobile voting must be done in a safe, secure ​way, and we’re striving to pave that way. With our partners in the space, we conduct ​assessments of mobile voting platforms and election technology vendors to ensure we’re ​moving forward, first and foremost, ​with security in mind.

Our team has spent decades securing government and critical infrastructure, and we will continue in our work to improve our election security. 

MEDIA & INSIGHTS

OP-ED: Don't Let Iowa Bring Our
​Elections Back to the Stone Age

Dark Reading | February 2020
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We can all agree that the Iowa caucuses were a mess. So much so that some people are calling for the removal of all election technology. The voting experience should be the same whether the vote is in person, by mail, or over the Internet. Let's not allow one bad incident stop us from finding new ways to achieve this.

The Cybersecurity 202: States Plan to Expand Mobile Voting
​Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Washington Post | April 2020
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Some states are planning to dramatically expand their use of mobile voting in response to the coronavirus pandemic [...] Two states will soon announce that they’ll offer voters who have disabilities the option to cast ballots using mobile phones in upcoming primary elections so they don't have to risk going into polling places.

PUBLICATIONS

ToB Assessment of Mobile Voting Vendor Voatz

Trail of Bits | March 2020

Voatz allows voters to cast their ballots from any geographic location on supported mobile devices. Trail of Bits has performed the first-ever “white-box” security assessment of the platform, with access to the Voatz Core Server and backend software.

NISTIR 771 - Security Best Practices for the Electronic Transmission of Election Materials

National Institute of Standards and Technology  | September 2011

NIST's Security Best Practices for the Electronic Transmission of Election Materials for UOCAVA Voters outlines the basic process for the distribution of election material including registration material and blank ballots to Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) voters. It describes the technologies that can be used to support the electronic dissemination of election material along with security techniques – both technical and procedural – that can protect this transfer. ​

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