Implementation of Confidentiality and Anonymity as Services in an E-Voting System for Educational Institutions

摘要

Electronic voting (E-voting) systems must meet certain security and usability requirements as well as a sufficient confidence level so that its implementation and usage is welcomed by voters. These systems need to have a robust security scheme able to deal with cyber threats in order to guarantee the same services and functionalities of traditional voting systems. One of the main problems with E-voting implementations is ensuring anonymity during and after the electoral process, which although it seems to have an antagonistic state with other security services also required, such as authentication and non-repudiation, its implementation must be achieved in an articulated manner, so that they become complementary. This paper presents the architecture and development of an alternative E-voting solution for educational institutions (called SIVIT) that complies with the Colombian legal framework; analyzing the effectiveness of its modules of anonymity, confidentiality and auditability of the system, based on the cryptographic and technological mechanisms used.