Securing Digital Democracy

Description

In this course, you’ll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks–and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We’ll take a look at the past, present, and future of election technologies and explore the various spaces intersected by voting, including computer security, human factors, public policy, and more.

What you will learn

Voting as a Security Problem

Approaching voting problems with the security mindset

Computers at the Polls

Voting enters the computing age

Security Procedures and Voting Around the World

Methods for ensuring the security of democracy

Human Factors and Internet Voting

Users don’t always behave as expected, even when voting

What’s included